Comments on: Newspapers are in the Newspaper Business http://timothyblee.com/2009/09/01/newspapers-are-in-the-newsprint-business/ A Blog by Timothy B. Lee Sat, 12 May 2012 17:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: sandra742 http://timothyblee.com/2009/09/01/newspapers-are-in-the-newsprint-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1652 sandra742 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:13:49 +0000 http://timothyblee.com/?p=685#comment-1652 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Reilly Brennan http://timothyblee.com/2009/09/01/newspapers-are-in-the-newsprint-business/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Reilly Brennan Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:56:36 +0000 http://timothyblee.com/?p=685#comment-812 Tim, I like your perspective, particularly the thinking that newspapers should consider their distribution power as their best asset. I do not believe that any leading print brand can pull a "two-fer" and have both a leading print presence and a leading web presence. NYTimes and Wired could be the two exceptions here. Everyone else can't straddle the two. As someone who's been in the media business for over a decade, I can add another datum to this position. When I find a print writer trying to go digital, we often say he/she has a problem "pushing the publish button." It's difficult to teach that to one person, let alone the entire company. Thanks, Reilly Tim, I like your perspective, particularly the thinking that newspapers should consider their distribution power as their best asset. I do not believe that any leading print brand can pull a “two-fer” and have both a leading print presence and a leading web presence. NYTimes and Wired could be the two exceptions here. Everyone else can’t straddle the two.

As someone who’s been in the media business for over a decade, I can add another datum to this position. When I find a print writer trying to go digital, we often say he/she has a problem “pushing the publish button.” It’s difficult to teach that to one person, let alone the entire company.

Thanks,

Reilly

]]> By: Jeremy Morlan http://timothyblee.com/2009/09/01/newspapers-are-in-the-newsprint-business/comment-page-1/#comment-758 Jeremy Morlan Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:38:50 +0000 http://timothyblee.com/?p=685#comment-758 One of the famaus rail baron (James Hill) was in the warehousing/shipping industry before making the jump to rail. He trasported goods around the falls in the twin cities. His connections with the suppliers and knowledge of the industries gave him an edge over his competitors who for the most part were making the transition from the financial industry into rail roads. One of the famaus rail baron (James Hill) was in the warehousing/shipping industry before making the jump to rail. He trasported goods around the falls in the twin cities. His connections with the suppliers and knowledge of the industries gave him an edge over his competitors who for the most part were making the transition from the financial industry into rail roads.

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