GDT:SDSU vs. Denver

[filbert]

Re: GDT:SDSU vs. Denver

Seems to me the news media would welcome going "paperless", as long as they could sustain their current or even increase their subscriptions. Lot less costs, wouldn't have to buy expensive ink, paper, wouldn't have to hire as much labor for delivery, maintaing machinery, etc. Maybe reporters and the ones who survive will actually get paid better. That would be my wish.

The problem is right there in your first sentence. They can not maintain their revenue, because their entire traditonal newspaper business model has been shot to h-e-double-toothpicks by Internet technologies which not only make every media outlet--newspaper, radio, TV station, etc.--everywhere a competitor to every other one (the BBC is one of the Argus-Leader's competitors, for instance), enable "new media" competitors from Google to Twitter to Craigslist, but also make almost nonexistent any barriers-to-entry of "new-media" competitors--from local bloggers or even prolific local-news Tweeters. If you really wanted to, for instance, you could get a free Wordpress web site and start reporting local news--presto! you're a competitor to the local newspaper.

Their only way to compete in this new environment is to provide more, better information. Thus, Terry Vandrovec is an invaluable resource to the Argus-Leader. I wonder how much of the newspaper's revenue is directly and soley related to TV's SDSU reportage? I would guess that the number is non-trivial.

[2002jack]

Re: GDT:SDSU vs. Denver

This is the team that can go 16-0 in the league.

46-13 SDSU at half.

Jacks shooting 54% compared to 13% for DU.

I think they could too! Oh wait..,,


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[slosho]

Re: GDT:SDSU vs. Denver

I wonder how much of the newspaper's revenue is directly and soley related to TV's SDSU reportage? I would guess that the number is non-trivial.

It's the only reason I have a subscription.