Change to News-Dispatch web publication |
Change to News-Dispatch web publication |
Jul 30 2010, 08:26 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 24-August 09 Member No.: 945 |
Please discuss.
Website publication time change Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:35 PM CDT Out of respect to our print edition subscribers and their committment to using The News-Dispatch as their local news source, The News -Dispatch website will now be updated at 5 p.m. daily. While we value our online readers, it's only fair that our loyal, paying customers of The News-Dispatch print edition have top priority when it comes to reading the news. For subscription information, call 219-874-7211. Necessary disclaimer: The views expressed in this post are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of Paxton Media Group.
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Jul 31 2010, 02:35 PM
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The reality is, for most newspapers the Web isn't making any money at all. Even at those publications where a hard-core, concerted effort is made to do so. I believe I've said this in this forum before, but the only way for newspapers to really make money from the Web edition is to charge for it, but the grave mistake in the beginning was giving it away for nothing. Now it's a bit like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube, know what I mean? It's true that many papers are very serious about their Web editions, but I think what you'd find there is they aren't making much money in doing so.
What's interesting to me is how readers who would normally happily pay for a print edition scoff at the idea of paying for the Web edition ... |
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