Entries from Lucas Grindley's blog | Exploring the new way for journalism tagged with 'Bad Ideas'
Yahoo consortium claims mission accomplished
After sending more than 100 million visits to partner newspaper Web sites across the country, Yahoo labeled its consortium a glowing success. But I'm not convinced. When users are asked where they get their news, respondents in Media Audits all...
Go ahead, I dare you to listen to David Lazarus
SFGate.com columnist David Lazarus says newspapers should start charging for access to their Web sites. And if someone listens to him, then I'm going to get very rich. Let me just promise right now. If any local newspaper decides to...
Ignoring and undermining the public's right to know
Peter Scheer used a full-page column in PRESSTIME to seriously suggest a 24-hour embargo for all news online. That way, he says, demand for newspapers will increase. Our thanks to Scheer (who is, ironically, the executive director for the California...
Cutting sports agate means cutting readers
The way to save newspapers isn’t by offering less coverage. The latest example is sports agate, eliminated this time from The Hartford Courant in response to budget cuts. As you know, fans love agate. Isn’t “fan” the root of fanatic?...
And the winner is . . . a waste of time
Howard Owens released a list of online awards for newspaper sites, as judged by a sophisticated panel of one, and asked for some feedback. So, I’ve decided to finally admit . . . I don’t like the TimesCast from Roanoke.com....
Times Select makes money, not sense
First, I have to disclose that I’m a Times Select subscriber despite having vowed never to sign up when they built that paid wall. But, heck, they gave me Times Select for free with my subscription to the weekend paper....
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