20090701 Old Media Replaced Upon Transition to the Web
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Wait, Wasn't The Internet Killing Journalism?
Yet another data point to suggest the predicted "death of journalism" that we keep hearing from the old school newspaper guys is a bit overblown, online news publisher Talking Points Memo has just announced that it's hiring seven new editorial staff.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090630/0316305412.shtml
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Newspapers' Plan For Survival: Charge Money, Beat Up On Craigslist And Keep Repeating To Ourselves That We're Needed
There's been plenty of coverage about the potentially antitrust-violating meeting of newspaper execs in Chicago recently, and late last week reports came out about some of the recommendations put forth by the American Press Institute at that meeting. The API apparently handed out two whitepapers, both of which are amusing, only in that someone actually thinks they're useful. The first was effectively saying: "Craigslist really sucks, so let's try to beat up on Craigslist."
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090608/1724305171.shtml
Would Joint Action on Online Pricing Violate Antitrust Laws?
The under-the-radar meeting hosted by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) Thursday brought together top newspaper executives to discuss various issues, including the much-debated topic of charging for online content. Participants aren't commenting specifically on their discussions, but the summit raises the question: Can newspapers collectively decide to put content behind a pay wall? And if they did, would that violate antitrust laws?
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003977926
Shhhh. Newspaper Publishers Are Quietly Holding a Very, Very Important Conclave Today. Will You Soon Be Paying for Online Content?
Here's a story the newspaper industry's upper echelon apparently kept from its anxious newsrooms: A discreet Thursday meeting in Chicago about their future. "Models to Monetize Content" is the subject of a gathering at a hotel which is actually located in drab and sterile suburban Rosemont, Illinois; slabs of concrete, exhibition halls and mostly chain restaurants, whose prime reason for being is O'Hare International Airport. It's perfect for quickie, in-and-out conclaves.
Newspapers Gather In Secret (With An Antitrust Lawyer) To Collude Over Paywalls http://techdirt.com/articles/20090528/1832395048.shtml
San Jose Mercury News: No One Reads Us Any More, So Let's Start Charging
Media News, the current owner of the Merc, has announced that it's now going to start charging for online access to the paper, which seems like a move destined to fail dismally (and quickly).
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090517/2210564914.shtml
Sony Pictures CEO: Nothing Good Has Come From The Internet
Perhaps part of the problem is the execs who work under him. Mathew Ingram points out that at a recent panel discussion the CEO of Sony Pictures, Michael Lynton, said: "I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the internet. Period."
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090515/1301064900.shtml
Lawyers: To Save Newspapers, Let's Destroy Pretty Much Everything Else Good
That would be a massive reinterpretation of copyright law, and would effectively destroy much of what makes the internet useful. This proposal would make it illegal to index the web. It would outlaw search engines. Yes, for the sake of saving some outdated newspaper businesses, these lawyers wish to make it so that before a search engine can index any website, it needs to negotiate permission. This would kill the internet.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090517/0236594905.shtml
Why Are AGs Targeting Craigslist Rather Than Newspapers Or Other Websites?
With Craigslist caving on how it manages its "adult" ads, we've noted that some politicians are still angry, despite having been a part of the group that bought into the agreement Craigslist made with them six months ago.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090517/1225254907.shtml
Why Are Newspapers Exploiting The People They Cover?
When we recently wrote about yet another journalist complaining about how Google exploits their content, someone in the comments made a really salient point that should get wider exposure. If you go by the journalist's own logic, then the truth is that they are exploiting the newsmakers they cover.
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