Comments on: Newspapers Are Like Department Stores

By: The Buzz Bin: Newspapers Are Like Department Stores - Virginia Free Press

The Buzz Bin: Newspapers Are Like Department Stores - Virginia Free Press — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:50:29 +0000

[...] Geoff Livingston over at The Buzz Bin makes a great analogy – Newspapers Are Like Department Stores: [...]

By: Inside Out (mcwflint): Department stores, newspapers and journalists no longer necessary?

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:18:26 +0000

[...] stores, newspapers and journalists no longer necessary? Last week, the Buzz Bin posted old news: Newspapers are like Department Stores. It’s just one more of many opinion pieces explaining why the printed product is failing. Still [...]

By: mcwflint

mcwflint — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:32:22 +0000

That’s the Press, Baby,”> by David Sullivan, includes this tagline: The future of newspapers, copy editing, and how it all relates, like everything else, to department stores

By: The Buzz Bin: Newspapers Are Like Department Stores : J’s Notes

The Buzz Bin: Newspapers Are Like Department Stores : J’s Notes — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:00:34 +0000

[...] Livingston over at The Buzz Bin makes a great analogy – Newspapers Are Like Department Stores: For department stores, many chains found their death in a trojan horse — the mall. With the rise [...]

By: DaveMurr

DaveMurr — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:04:39 +0000

The newspaper industry isn’t crumbling because of quality. Revenue from advertising has dried up forcing change across the industry. Quality is insignificant, and in my opinion, it always has been when it comes to newspapers and traditional news outlets. There was an interesting article last week that talked about the rise of hyperlocal online news.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/01/future.online.news.hyperlocal/

Here I feel we find relative quality. Niche selective and nimble news may be what survives and thrives.

By: Innovate2Uplift.net» The day Current Media acquired The New York Times

Innovate2Uplift.net» The day Current Media acquired The New York Times — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:25:46 +0000

[...] Current Times would be built to embrace these attributes. And, those newspapers that continue to go the way of the department stores that floundered into extinction would be left to suffer the same [...]

By: Social Internet Marketing Daily Wrap Up : Maria Reyes-McDavis

Social Internet Marketing Daily Wrap Up : Maria Reyes-McDavis — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:00:30 +0000

[...] Newspapers are Like Department Stores from the Buzz Bin: Great look at the drama within the newspaper industry, comparison to department stores. Towards the end, there are some good points that all businesses should take into consideration. [...]

By: Stuart Foster

Stuart Foster — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:19:52 +0000

Love the accurate comparison. Nimbler, smaller ships with less overhead can cater to unique audience to receive maximum benefit. We are getting more and more specialized as a culture…what other one size fits all model will be the next to fall?

By: Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:50:56 +0000

As with all media evolution will occur and in this particular case trees will be the biggest beneficiary.

By: Marc Meyer

Marc Meyer — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:05:55 +0000

I just wrote about this last Friday.The quality of a newspaper anymore, is or was always directly proportional to the number of advertisers. Sometimes I wondered what was more important to some papers-quality journalism or the number of inserts. Pull one or the other out and what’s left.

I agree they need to evolve. The old business model is broken. Look at the Globe-their demise defined as much by the times as it is/was by a Union desperately trying to cling to that old business model and not willing to redefine themselves and their roles.

I’m thinking the days of the paper coming out every day, may be over, if some want to survive. But more importantly, the days of Unions holding companies feet to the fire to get what they want, have to end.