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Comments on: Squeezing out the middle man http://video2zero.com/squeezing-out-the-middle-man/ the business the art and the science of new media Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:10:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: peter http://video2zero.com/squeezing-out-the-middle-man/comment-page-1/#comment-61 peter Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:45:19 +0000 http://www.shootingbynumbers.com/?p=71#comment-61 Karen, you are correct, but news agencies can organize and aggregate, and columnists no longer require newspapers to disseminate their views. <p> <p>Steve, I live in a rural mountain community (Colorado ski country) and must admit to serious reservations with regard to hyperlocal news. The main focus of our local papers is hyperlocal news. This focus is second only to their over-riding concern with advertising revenue.</p> <p>Great quote from Lord Northcliff linked by <a href = "http://www.tamark.ca/students/2007/07/06/friday-squibs-51/" rel="nofollow"> Mark Hamilton </a> :</p> <p>"News is something someone wants suppressed. Everything else is just advertising". </p> <p> For the most part it is only competition that forces news organizations to cover stories that influential community memebers/advertisers want suppressed. Hyperlocal news is attractive to many news groups precisely because there is no competition.</p> Karen, you are correct, but news agencies can organize and aggregate, and columnists no longer require newspapers to disseminate their views.

Steve, I live in a rural mountain community (Colorado ski country) and must admit to serious reservations with regard to hyperlocal news. The main focus of our local papers is hyperlocal news. This focus is second only to their over-riding concern with advertising revenue.

Great quote from Lord Northcliff linked by Mark Hamilton :

“News is something someone wants suppressed. Everything else is just advertising”.

For the most part it is only competition that forces news organizations to cover stories that influential community memebers/advertisers want suppressed. Hyperlocal news is attractive to many news groups precisely because there is no competition.

]]> By:   links for 2007-07-07 by andydickinson.net http://video2zero.com/squeezing-out-the-middle-man/comment-page-1/#comment-59   links for 2007-07-07 by andydickinson.net Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:18:52 +0000 http://www.shootingbynumbers.com/?p=71#comment-59 [...] Squeezing out the middle man If news is being produced by citizen journalists and a handful of multinational news agencies, what value will local/regional news outlets provide? Apart from the advertising, of course? (tags: community journalism) [...] [...] Squeezing out the middle man If news is being produced by citizen journalists and a handful of multinational news agencies, what value will local/regional news outlets provide? Apart from the advertising, of course? (tags: community journalism) [...]

]]> By: Steve Boriss http://video2zero.com/squeezing-out-the-middle-man/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Steve Boriss Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:03:14 +0000 http://www.shootingbynumbers.com/?p=71#comment-58 Peter, I would say of the two examples you cite, the first is taking the media in the right direction, and the second in the wrong one. By going out into hyperlocal communities, the media are generating original content that is competitively defensible. But, by joining the AP on one more pooled news venture, they are making themselves even more dependent on content that can be found elsewhere (Steve Boriss, TheFutureOfNews.com) Peter, I would say of the two examples you cite, the first is taking the media in the right direction, and the second in the wrong one. By going out into hyperlocal communities, the media are generating original content that is competitively defensible. But, by joining the AP on one more pooled news venture, they are making themselves even more dependent on content that can be found elsewhere (Steve Boriss, TheFutureOfNews.com)

]]> By: karen http://video2zero.com/squeezing-out-the-middle-man/comment-page-1/#comment-60 karen Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:01:01 +0000 http://www.shootingbynumbers.com/?p=71#comment-60 organization, aggregation and comment/opinion are all valuable contributions that newspapers can bring to the table. But look at blogs. 90% plus do not create original content of any sort, but they do fine. organization, aggregation and comment/opinion are all valuable contributions that newspapers can bring to the table.

But look at blogs. 90% plus do not create original content of any sort, but they do fine.

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