tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915018894001098396.post7899788049773425993..comments2023-08-06T07:09:51.099-04:00Comments on News after Newspapers: An imperfect solution in DetroitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915018894001098396.post-27996846907570679812008-12-17T11:55:00.000-05:002008-12-17T11:55:00.000-05:00Martin -Thanks for adding your thoughtful comments...Martin -<BR/><BR/>Thanks for adding your thoughtful comments to this issue.<BR/><BR/>I am not familiar with the Detroit market, but as we do our re-envisioning efforts now, for implementation in early 2009, we are closely watching.<BR/><BR/>I was also interested in Steve Outing's comment, after his post at http://steveouting.com/2008/12/16/detroit-goes-with-the-thurs-fri-sun-print-edition-model/<BR/>that:<BR/><BR/>What I want to see as a “bold” plan by a major newspaper is to make the print edition actually train print readers that they can rely on the newspaper brand either online or on the phone in their pockets to get up to the minute news. So I’m looking for someone to publish a print edition that gets treated as a table of contents to digital offerings. I’ve yet to see anyone do more than play lip service to this with their print editions. Frankly, I’d love to have a newspaper to experiment on to take into the digital age fully. The publisher would have to give up the notion of print-first entirely and allow it to become a blatant promotional vehicle for all the amazing digital services that the brand is creating. For those still wanting nothing more than the paper, it would still serve that purpose. But even those old-time (dying-off) print die-hards would be continually trained about all that’s wonderful online and with mobile. Because thinning print editions, the result of continued staff cutbacks, won’t be enough to keep all the old-timers continuing to pay their subscription invoices.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all you do!<BR/><BR/>ChuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com