Comments on: End of Traditional Newspapers? http://leadinghands.org/blog/end-of-traditional-newspapers/ Keeping families in sync with technology Mon, 14 May 2012 02:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ann Smorado http://leadinghands.org/blog/end-of-traditional-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Ann Smorado Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:18:55 +0000 http://leadinghands.org/blog/?p=360#comment-144 I remember one of my professors commenting that the mistake the railroads made was how they defined themselves. They defined themselves as the railroad. When automobiles, trucks and planes became better choices, the railroads struggled and most died. Had they defined themselves as the transportation industry, they might have sought and embraced the newer ways to transport people and goods and some of those defunct companies might have survived. I think the newspaper business has been facing a similar situation. Any newspaper that only sees itself as a newspaper will probaby fail. If they see themselves as purveyors of information, they may survive. CNN and MSN will rarely provide local news so there will always be a need to reporters, photograhers and writers to get the stories to the readers. Publishers will be needed to deliver the stories in whatever way the reader wants. The publisher needs to redefine itself somewhat. This subject is close to my heart because my father was a newspaper man. That's what they called themselves in his day. He was the editor of Showtime, which was an entertainment supplement for The Cleveland Press. He was there during the Seltzer years, it's heydey, and died before the paper did. Perhaps that was good. I still have a copy of the last edition of The Press. It was a sad day. I remember one of my professors commenting that the mistake the railroads made was how they defined themselves. They defined themselves as the railroad. When automobiles, trucks and planes became better choices, the railroads struggled and most died. Had they defined themselves as the transportation industry, they might have sought and embraced the newer ways to transport people and goods and some of those defunct companies might have survived.

I think the newspaper business has been facing a similar situation. Any newspaper that only sees itself as a newspaper will probaby fail. If they see themselves as purveyors of information, they may survive. CNN and MSN will rarely provide local news so there will always be a need to reporters, photograhers and writers to get the stories to the readers. Publishers will be needed to deliver the stories in whatever way the reader wants. The publisher needs to redefine itself somewhat.

This subject is close to my heart because my father was a newspaper man. That’s what they called themselves in his day. He was the editor of Showtime, which was an entertainment supplement for The Cleveland Press. He was there during the Seltzer years, it’s heydey, and died before the paper did. Perhaps that was good. I still have a copy of the last edition of The Press. It was a sad day.

]]> By: Sean http://leadinghands.org/blog/end-of-traditional-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Sean Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:15:50 +0000 http://leadinghands.org/blog/?p=360#comment-138 There will always be a market for good content. Even if the trend is to online rather than print. Traditional methods are just to slow to react to the flow of news. Papers like the New York Times are making a good push online into interactive things like RSS, video and podcasts. Papers that don't transition quickly will be left behind, unfortunately. There will always be a market for good content. Even if the trend is to online rather than print. Traditional methods are just to slow to react to the flow of news.

Papers like the New York Times are making a good push online into interactive things like RSS, video and podcasts. Papers that don’t transition quickly will be left behind, unfortunately.

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