Comments on: Found! Someone Who's Optimistic About the New York Times! http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081125/found-someone-whos-optimistic-about-the-future-of-the-new-york-times/ by Peter Kafka Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:18:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carlos Portocarrero http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081125/found-someone-whos-optimistic-about-the-future-of-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Carlos Portocarrero Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:34:51 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=1422#comment-595 Mac: I agree. You would think that not having to print out their papers would save them tons of money and they could just monetize their sites, but why haven't they been able to? Is it really because the old system was so bad? That seems hard to swallow. Mac: I agree. You would think that not having to print out their papers would save them tons of money and they could just monetize their sites, but why haven’t they been able to? Is it really because the old system was so bad? That seems hard to swallow.

]]> By: Mac Beach http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081125/found-someone-whos-optimistic-about-the-future-of-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-594 Mac Beach Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:04:01 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=1422#comment-594 While I too celebrate the hardships of the left-wing media their problem have nothing to do with their politics and if anything left-wing content on the Internet has zoomed ahead of conservative competition. While we are many years away from print media being totally dead, we are far far past there being a need for as much of it as still exists. Media companies need to embrace the Internet in every way possible. These toe in the water experiments not only don't work, they drive users away, making bolder experiments in the future less likely to succeed. I *do* subscribe to the WSJ online, but in general I resent time-wasting prompts from newspapers to enter some sort of ID and password. Clue: run your ads in every article, not just your front page. I don't have to enter a password to buy a paper from a newsstand and it still counts as circulation, why should online be any different? My guess is that the number of eyeballs falling on NYT articles is at an all time high thanks to the Internet. Hardly a day goes by that I don't end up viewing a NYT article, and yet I have never been a subscriber. The problem is not measurement tools or the numbers themselves for Internet views (which are quite accurate). The problem is that the old system was a scam waiting for something better to come along. It has. While I too celebrate the hardships of the left-wing media their problem have nothing to do with their politics and if anything left-wing content on the Internet has zoomed ahead of conservative competition.

While we are many years away from print media being totally dead, we are far far past there being a need for as much of it as still exists.

Media companies need to embrace the Internet in every way possible. These toe in the water experiments not only don’t work, they drive users away, making bolder experiments in the future less likely to succeed.

I *do* subscribe to the WSJ online, but in general I resent time-wasting prompts from newspapers to enter some sort of ID and password. Clue: run your ads in every article, not just your front page. I don’t have to enter a password to buy a paper from a newsstand and it still counts as circulation, why should online be any different?

My guess is that the number of eyeballs falling on NYT articles is at an all time high thanks to the Internet. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t end up viewing a NYT article, and yet I have never been a subscriber.

The problem is not measurement tools or the numbers themselves for Internet views (which are quite accurate). The problem is that the old system was a scam waiting for something better to come along.

It has.

]]> By: Carlos Portocarrero http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081125/found-someone-whos-optimistic-about-the-future-of-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Carlos Portocarrero Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:24:02 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=1422#comment-584 I used to work at the Boston Globe back in the day and my fond memories always tempted me to invest in NYT. They were a rock-solid name and had a nice dividend, but I never pulled the trigger. Thankfully, I was listening and paying attention to the drumbeat of "newspapers are dying." I don't know how they're going to get out of it if they do... I used to work at the Boston Globe back in the day and my fond memories always tempted me to invest in NYT. They were a rock-solid name and had a nice dividend, but I never pulled the trigger. Thankfully, I was listening and paying attention to the drumbeat of “newspapers are dying.” I don’t know how they’re going to get out of it if they do…

]]> By: Quincy Davis http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081125/found-someone-whos-optimistic-about-the-future-of-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Quincy Davis Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:31:35 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=1422#comment-578 I hope the New York Times falls hard on its face. What a piece of s***t news paper. So far left its a joke. Good bye NYT! I hope the New York Times falls hard on its face. What a piece of s***t news paper. So far left its a joke. Good bye NYT!

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