tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5184321848873929331..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Indian Country Today goes digitalRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-58599713720681645602014-01-05T18:40:13.273-08:002014-01-05T18:40:13.273-08:00Here's an article on what often happens when a...Here's an article on what often happens when a publication goes digital:<br /><br />http://www.salon.com/2013/12/04/new_york_magazines_bad_bet/<br /><br /><b>New York magazine’s bad bet<br /><br />The storied weekly earned plaudits for scaling back on print. Here's why it shouldn't have</b><br /><br />Let’s go back for a moment to New York magazine, once among the birthplaces of the New Journalism.<br /><br />That statement from the magazine—that no layoffs are planned? Anyone who’s been a working journalist has heard that one before. And when publication becomes less frequent—regardless of what goes on with the website—it often leads to a death spiral in which subscriptions fall, so does advertising, then revenues decline. It generally does not end well.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-23250161919227229322013-07-17T22:36:33.649-07:002013-07-17T22:36:33.649-07:00"For some reason, this article failed to ment..."For some reason, this article failed to mention the main reason most publications are going online: to reduce costs so the owners make more money"<br /><br />Or in an environment of plummeting ad revenues and soaring costs, the case might be, as with many newspapers, not to make MORE money, but to stop LOSING it as bad. Or even break even. <br /><br />Newsweek, for example, was losing money big-time before the print version was killed. It is not a matter of greedy capitalists rolling in the dough and wanting to make "more money."dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com