With the exception of Google losing share, I agree with Guccione.
Newspapers need a new business model, and his suggestion of what that model would be isn't a bad one. Print isn't going away. Magazines need to address their supply chain issues, be more flexible in terms of their content--customization anyone?--and figure out how to leverage its brands online in a way that actually makes money.
But the magazine as a concept is different enough from the Internet to exist side by side. The magazine's that will survive the shift in how we get news, criticism and information are those which take advantage of that difference. We call it solid, insightful journalism. It's something the Internet isn't capable of doing despite all its immediacy, conversation, and connection.
Yes, there is an irony that I'm posting a link to a blog on my own blog and then feeding that to FriendFeed. Thanks for noticing.
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Newspapers need a new business model, and his suggestion of what that model would be isn't a bad one. Print isn't going away. Magazines need to address their supply chain issues, be more flexible in terms of their content--customization anyone?--and figure out how to leverage its brands online in a way that actually makes money.
But the magazine as a concept is different enough from the Internet to exist side by side. The magazine's that will survive the shift in how we get news, criticism and information are those which take advantage of that difference. We call it solid, insightful journalism. It's something the Internet isn't capable of doing despite all its immediacy, conversation, and connection.
Yes, there is an irony that I'm posting a link to a blog on my own blog and then feeding that to FriendFeed. Thanks for noticing.
Huffington Post
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