Newspapers Must Survive

What are people saying?

1. Shaun Rotman said on April 4th, 2007 at 3:27 pm

   Loren,

   Good POV. I agree that the medium will be around for a while, and if you read blogs by many of the big names, the always seem to refer back to standard pen and paper. It’s the physical aspect that seems so familiar and inviting, compared to digital this and that.

   But what about speed? I know newspapers provide news at the tip of your fingers, but it’s yesterdays news. I think this is something we need to consider to reshape the print industry. Forget the whole e-paper/e-ink garbage Xerox has been blabbering about for years. Something new needs to surface meshing the conventional newspaper with the speed of news on the internet.

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2. Jeck said on April 4th, 2007 at 6:53 pm

   no pirate hats.

   I like the local flavor of newspapers.

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3. Mark said on April 4th, 2007 at 7:18 pm

   Absolutely.

   My brother-in-law is the managing editor for a southeast Texas newspaper. When I asked him about ‘media 2.0′ his response was that there are still a great number of regular folk out there who still love the experience of just holding a paper. There’s an interaction there that just cant be replaced by staring at a computer monitor. I agree with him 100%.

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4. flic said on April 4th, 2007 at 7:37 pm

   Yes, the concept of the newspaper is very instant, but the content is far from instant.

   And a simple camera light (upon your face) will make a world of a difference.

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5. Diego said on April 4th, 2007 at 10:00 pm

   At the end there I thought you were going to zoom back and we’d see you sitting on the toilet as you were reading the paper.

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6. Minic Rivera said on April 4th, 2007 at 10:23 pm

   Buying newspaper to the old man in the corner of 6th Ave. and 23rd St. is my personal social arm. It is not about the newspaper anymore for me. It is about giving the dollar to him everyday that makes me happy.

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7. Loren said on April 4th, 2007 at 10:36 pm

   All excellent points. There is a primitive connection to newspapers. All you guys are right.

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8. jvon said on April 5th, 2007 at 2:34 am

   Newspapers are still necessary because they are (in nearly all cases) the front-line producers of the news that everyone else quotes. The same people who are saying newspapers are dead would find themselves with absolutely nothing to talk about if they went away.

   This much is a fact though: newspapers are in trouble. Their sales keep dropping. Unlike some people I don’t really view that as a positive thing though. Some folks think they deserve it because of sloppy and/or partisan reporting. Maybe. But lower sales will make those problems worse, not better.

   I hope they can figure it out. I think we’ll see lots of papers fold (sorry) in the next few years though.

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9. zxspectrum said on April 5th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

   Hi Lawrence…did you get mail regarding the meeting?

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10. zxspectrum said on April 5th, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    this is strange..i just got it!!

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11. Loren Feldman said on April 5th, 2007 at 12:50 pm

    Who the fuck is Lawrence?

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12. zxspectrum said on April 5th, 2007 at 1:15 pm

    Baby Name Loren - Origin and Meaning of Loren

    The boy’s and girl’s name Loren \l(o)-ren\ is pronounced LOR-en. It is of English origin. Modern variant of Lorenzo and Lawrence. Might be confused with the girl’s name Lauren

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13. The Compost King said on April 5th, 2007 at 6:46 pm

    I use it for my worms. Composting worms love newspaper. Sometimes I even read it first, but the Dallas Morning News is usually pretty light on any actual news.

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14. Vince Williams said on April 7th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    I love to read the paper in the morning with a joint and a cup of coffee.

    When I’m done, I fold the paper up and fan all the smoke out the front door (I have a very small house– we call it the ’sweat shack’).

    I can’t do that with my computer.

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15. The Compost King said on April 8th, 2007 at 7:53 pm

    This fan could probably get the smoke out.

    http://techgage.com/article/zalman_9700led_cpu_cooler/1

    It’s the size of a small laptop. Just remember to be ecologically friendly with the roach.

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16. Vince Williams said on April 9th, 2007 at 4:26 pm

    Thanks, Compost King.

    The fan is very nice, and I think it’d do the job, but it’s more fun to pretend I’m Hunter S. Thompson.

    Roaches are bio-degradable, you know.;-)

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