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M$3 January 04, 2009 08:56 PM

@jackomo from twitter asks "Are newspapers part of problem or solution?"

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http://twitter.com/jackomo/statuses/1095734365

"Question for @jayrosen_nyu & others: Are newspapers part of problem or solution? Read @cshirky's interview on CJR: http://tinyurl.com/9bzh9x "

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easyeboy easyeboy
 
 January 04, 2009 09:20 PM
This is certainly an opinion, as some people really like newspapers, and others believe they are no longer going to exist in the future. I like positive news, so if it were up to me, I'd like to only read Happy News http://www.happynews.com :-) yet the reality is that not all news is good news. I believe the old paper newspapers as we know them serve no purpose (unless you like to cut down trees), with the latest technological innovations to online news sources which are plentiful. I believe local news will eventually be replaced by local blogs and local news websites. We only really need these local news for local happenings, local sports teams, and such.

It's my belief that more people will carry around something like a Plastic Logic Reader or Amazon Kindle someday, whereas everyone can read the news from a cool device.

People can receive news from the following places:

Notebook Computer
Netbook Computer
Personal Computer Internet

Blogs: There are plenty of blogs, the list is too big, but here are the top 100 blogs: http://technorati.com/pop/blogs

Here is a small list of news sites people can get news from.

News Sites:

Google News
http://news.google.com

BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk

CNET News
http://news.cnet.com

New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com

NPR
http://www.npr.org

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com

News Aggregators:

Addictomatic
http://www.addictomatic.com

Newsified
http://newsified.com

Original Signal
http://originalsignal.com

PopUrls
http://popurls.com

Need For News
http://needfornews.com

24 Eyes
http://www.24eyes.com

All Top
http://alltop.com

Newser
http://www.newser.com

Feedables
http://www.feedables.com

Truth Feeds
http://truthfeeds.com

Snackr.net
http://snackr.net

Top Blank
http://www.topblank.com

Social News and Feed Readers:

Google Reader
http://www.google.com/reader

Feed Each Other
http://www.feedeachother.com

Feedest
http://www.feedest.com

Newsgator
http://www.newsgator.com

Streamy
http://www.streamy.com

Tech News Aggregators:

Tech News Fetcher
http://www.technewsfetcher.com

TechFuga
http://www.techfuga.com

TinyComb
http://www.tinycomb.com

Social News Sites like Digg, Twitter, Mixx, Metafilter, etc.

48 Social News Websites You Can Use
http://www.doshdosh.com/list-of-social-media-news-websites

Devices:

Chumby: http://www.chumby.com (add a widget)
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/kindle
Sony Ebook Reader http://www.sony.com/reader
Plastic Logic Reader: http://www.plasticlogic.com/product.html
Nokia Internet Tablet: N810 http://www.nseries.com

Read this blog by Chris Pirillo on Newspaper Industry Problems
http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/05/newspaper-industry-problems
Source(s):
http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/05/newspaper-industry-problems
http://www.doshdosh.com/list-of-social-media-news-websites

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easyeboy easyeboy
 
January 04, 2009 10:29 PM
Thought I'd add something interesting I saw the other day called Feed Chronicle: http://www.feedchronicle.com which is a custom RSS Newspaper. Another good way to gather news.

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easyeboy easyeboy
 
January 07, 2009 12:46 AM
Thanks! Every day you can find a new site that has news! If you do not have news on your site, you may even find a service like BlastCasta http://www.blastcasta.com useful for adding feeds.

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tinycomb tinycomb
 
January 04, 2009 09:41 PM
Newspapers are part of the problem for me. I never like to read them because the majority of the info is censored or it's just overwhelmingly negative. Local news on TV is even worse.
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williams williams
 
January 04, 2009 11:10 PM
I think that newspapers are a solution,they put information in there that people need to know like the events going on in your town and it also makes people feel special when they get put in there for doing something good.

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jazz jazz
 
January 04, 2009 11:41 PM
As much as I enjoy sitting down to read the paper, catching up on local happenings and clipping coupons, I think newspapers are part of the problem. The main news, in this day and age, is no longer timely and there is always a consistent bias with anything remotely political.

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naruwan naruwan
 
January 05, 2009 12:36 AM
What does the question even mean? It's an open-ended question that's just going to invite the usual regurgitation of cliches about traditional print media and new media.

Forget the jargon, the labels and the new media lingo, it all comes down to the quality of the news or content being provided. And one option to increase the overall quality is to offer monetary incentives - you pay people for high quality input and pay people to filter out the very low quality. It's not the only model that can enhance quality but it's one that I believe Mahalo has every chance of making a success.

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mckoss mckoss
 
January 05, 2009 01:56 AM
The death of newspapers is a serious calamity for not just the newspapers and their journalists, but for the communities they serve. The economics of the "news" business, is largely an accident of history. The (largely local) advertising model they employed allowed them to build significant organizations that served their communities in helping them understand the politics and important issues facing them.

While newspaper readership is down significantly since the 1980's, they still command very large audiences numbering over 45 million subscribers in the US. Their biggest problem has been with their cost structure. These companies have a very large fixed cost and infrastructure to print and deliver physical papers throughout a local area. When revenue declines due to increased online other news sources, they have no way to recoup those costs (which range from 35% to 70% of revenue).

They also lost their cash-cow - the classified ad business - to online local exchange sites like Craigslist and EBay.

In the final analysis, Newspapers have to change their structure to focus on reporting, investigation, and editorial functions and pare down the non-competitive printing and delivery of physical goods. I believe these organizations still have a chance to make money by being the best source of local information (and hence, local advertising). But they have to start investing in their web properties more, and reducing their commitment to ink and paper delivery.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_circulation
http://adrianmonck.com/2008/12/newspaper-cost-structure/


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fistfight fistfight
 
January 05, 2009 03:25 AM
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Israel_posts_video_of_Gaza_bombings_1230.html

Newspapers and the media have become unwitting pawns of Intelligence agencies.

People who read these stores end up making the wrong conclusions based on misinformation and propaganda. Some people compromise their integrity and ethics and can't be trusted to report the correct facts.

People need to remember the lessons learned when we were children, that there are always 2 sides to a story, and that we can't always trust anyone to report on the proper details. Everyone has their own interests at heart and will always make the other people the guilty party. That is human nature.

No one will own up to their mistakes.

Too many people take the news for granted and automatically trust what's been repeated to them, over and over again. We then become 'shocked and indoctrinated' into what has been told and we end up believing what has been carefully scripted and fed to us.

Newspapers are not the problem. Human society, culture and nature is the problem. Especially when it comes to global conflicts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7809371.stm
http://muslimtv.magnify.net/video/ISRAEL-CARNAGE-CIVILIANS-CHILDR
http://rawstory.com
/news/2008/Israel_posts_video_of_Gaza_bombings_1230.html

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jakilevy jakilevy
 
January 05, 2009 03:40 AM
this is @jackomo from twitter. thanks for these great answers.
for those who aren't sure of the question or issue, make sure you read the article: http://tinyurl.com/9bzh9x

i couldn't post the full question on twitter, but easyEBoy got to the heart of it.

though to be fair, local bloggers and local news tend to cite mainstream news. when mainstream news isn't there to cite, what will they cite? other blogs and bloggers? how will authority be determined? how will news be verifiable? will the rise in amateur reporting result in watered down news "stories" or populism?

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