Newspapers in Decline? Jeff Jarvis.

[obtree]

Who is we? I have every confidence that if newspapers provide a worthwhile service, then they will survive. I also have every confidence that the opposite is true. If you think that your idea is a good business model, then go ahead and implement it. There is no we.

[losghost]

Who is this asshole? Where's Jeff Jarvis the jazz artist. 

[nissetryne]

Is he talking about how to make money on newsreporting? That's like talking about how to make money on people talking with eachother. Newsreporting is now in the hands of the masses. When the machines starting making cars, no one thought about how they were going to make money on working the assembly line. The jobs are gone. They are. Do something else. Selling advertising is also going. We're building the tower and uniting the world over here!

[ThisMexicanLife]

I completely agree with Jeff. I got a chance to see his other interview on Frontline. He makes good points. I'm still - however, uncertain how it will sustain itself. in this video he mentions small public financing, some advertising and some volunteers. So ... journalism is going to be a hobby? I'm just wondering how it will be sustained. does jeff ever really answer this?

[LizzieP9]

1. copy and paste

2. send this to 2 other videos.

3. hold your breath for 10 seconds

4. press refresh twice

5. LOOK AT YOUR HANDS

[nestorrfortuna]

newspapers?

what are those?

[Yourfoundations]

News papers blow. Lets face it, the period of our fathers sitting down every morning and reading about the 'news" is over. Who cares... no one. Its a waste of paper, a waste of time, and the information they give is so limited, biased, and untrue that you are better off do your own reasearch. at least then you can get some depth.

[bittetotoro]

Mainstream newspapers blow.

Not all of us can use the internet daily. Small, independent newspapers are still alive and still worth reading.

[Dilliboy63]

Look at the Canabis Culture magazine, they're looking at abandoning their print version and moving over completely to an online version. Subscriptions to newspapers and magazines alike are in decline as a lot of readers would rather surf the net for their information. Not say all readers are this way as many people enjoy their morning newspapers and reading magazines while on the toilet. Print media is in decline, but will not be completely put aside.

[PsilocybinNinja]

As long as there are people out there like Rupert Murdoch, this idea will be constantly under attack. Here's hoping that changes!

[J00nior1990]

1st. Don't be fucking stupid, Newspapers won't ever be wiped out of our reach and need of a news source, just like the tv and internet didn't kill the radio.

2nd. Many major papers, as well as local papers are already online.

3rd. There is a large popular that doesn't have access to the internet, or refuses to use it.

4th. Papers are cheap ways for everyone to access the news, even if you don't own a computer or web connection. The internet isn't the answer for everyone.

5th. Dumbass.

[J00nior1990]

well this just proves my point, the internet is supposedly this great public forum of democratic discussion, and when I voice my opinion, like the video asks, people give it a thumbs down or mark it as spam? Um hello, this isn't spam retards.

[ToasterPig]

He didnt say newspapers would be gone, just that they would no longer be the central news medium.

And the internet is redefining media in a way that the TV did not.

The Internet can deliver radio, tv, print, news, all those things in a much more convenient package.

The movement to streamline media into a fully online, electronic form is already going forward.

Lastly he never said that this would happen overnight.

The demographic of non-internet users is fading.

[J00nior1990]

The TV in it's time was just as revolutionary as the internet is now. Different times, different technologies, but similar effects on society. The whole shape of the living room changed and the television became the main focal point. People will not simply stop buying newspapers because they are now availible online. I prefer holding a newspaper, and having the service of it being delivered to my door. Also think of people who can't buy a computer or pay monthly for internet,poverty doesn't fade

[ToasterPig]

Nobody said that the newspaper medium would die. But it will likely become a secondary news medium, where the internet will become a primary medium.

Yes there will be exceptions, yes some people will prefer conventional means, but those people are in the minority and they alone cannot prevent old newspapers from having to scale back and step aside.

[jumpmanhat]

i was blown away actually that newspaper companies havent done this yet, i thought it was obvious and that its already been done so I looked for their websites.... found nothing, GET WITH THE PROGRAM!

[nikovich]

Online Newspapers is a good idea.

Books and Novels however will never go out of style.

You can't beat a good paperback. Portable, and convenient.

Who wants to read a book on a laptop ! Ughh

[suchAnoob]

Moving to online would finally give blog sites and bloggers the respect they deserve.

[cherryberry2]

Sounds ecofriendly. What about archives? In this theory is there room for some printed versions of the news in order to physically preserve the news?

[wavyz87]

The new 'network' has its advantages: it would make information much more accessible to anyone and everyone since space is no longer an issue; it facilitates democracy, etc. And we can see that the evolution is already in motion. However, the elimination of tangible copies, I think, would make info more vulnerable (ex. viruses). I have to ask: are we too overdependent on this medium? And with so much info (being relatively easy to produce and publish), what happens to the quality of hard news?

[kidmecha]

Quite true, transition is inevitable

[Brutal252]

true true

[GreenAms]

wow Great idea