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The broadsheet as collector’s item. Why not?
Why not turn paper copies into collectibles?
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Envisioning a newspaper as a product, rather than a mere delivery mechanism, taps into a mindset already present in adjacent industries. Savvy musicians and filmmakers long ago embraced limited-run exclusive editions aimed at the top one percent of their fans. That’s why the box set exists: to satiate fanatics. On the publishing side, Sports Illustrated cranks out hard-bound “championship” collections for all of the major leagues. There’s precedent here. And with some newspapers already gravitating toward a glossy magazine aesthetic, it’s not too far fetched to imagine big, bold broadsheets emerging as a high-end option for discerning news collectors and memory seekers.
Walking the walk on transparency
Some notes about a post that the Guardian removed from one of its blogs. An editor stepped over the line in the post, and the site debated whether to explain its removal.
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And by removing something without explaining why, I argued that we were effectively breaching our trust with readers, in however small a way. While an editor slamming his own organization might be damaging to our brand, I argued that the trust of our readers was also a key part of our brand, and that we had to do everything we could to maintain it.
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Readers deserve to be told what we are doing and why (within reason), even when doing so makes us uncomfortable.
Readers expect news to find them
Readers today expect the news to find them, so journalists should be leaders in using every social media tool at their disposal to make that happen, says Gina Chen.
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The point of using social media isn’t that Facebook is popular and lots of people, particularly young people, hang out there. The point is the way people find the news today is they expect it to find them. If news organizations want to be valuable to their readers’, they not only need great content and interactive features, they need to to use these features. To me, what that means for news organizations is their staffs need to understand social media better than the readers, so they can lead, rather than follow.
Newspapers get the kind of communities they deserve
Matthew Ingram laments that some newspapers have yet to see the value of comments or the communities that users can build on news sites.
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many newspapers still see comments as some kind of necessary evil: a bone tossed to readers to help drive traffic, but something that produces little else of value
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The idea that creating a real community around the news — or rather, enhancing and appealing to a community that already exists — might be valuable all by itself never seems to enter their minds.
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WordPress, Twitter, the Elks Club: 10 new routines at a news startup
Michael Anderson at Nieman Journalism Lab looks at the day-to-day operation of the Web-based Ann Arbor Chronicle. It's a lot of work.
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how will tomorrow’s hyperlocal news professionals structure their day?
Google developing a micropayment platform and pitching newspapers: “‘Open’ need not mean free”
Zach Seward at Nieman Journalism Lab looks at Google's proposal to use its Checkout system to manage micropayments for news content.
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Google believes that an open web benefits all users and publishers. However, “open” need not mean free. We believe that content on the Internet can thrive supported by multiple business models — including content available only via subscription.
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The idea is to allow viable payments of a penny to several dollars by aggregating purchases across merchants and over time. Google will mitigate the risk of non-payment by assigning credit limits based on past purchasing behavior and having credit card instruments on file for those with higher credit limits and using our proprietary risk engines to track abuse or fraud.
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Micropayments and the power of free
Joshua Benton at Nieman Journalism Lab suggests that newspapers target the readers who are willing to pay macropayments for quality content. It's better, he says, than chasing pennies and nickels.
Never mind think pieces, tell me how stuff works
An interesting observation from Spot.us founder David Cohn in this Nieman Lab video interview - readers will pay for stories that explain how things work in their community, but not for think pieces.
Hearst, MediaNews: You can invent the future in San Francisco
Suggestions from the Nieman Journalism Lab's Martin Langeveld on how the San Francisco Chronicle might save itself by expanding its weekend editions.
Bankruptcies: What kind of changes will they force on newspapers?
Martin Langeveld looks at some of the steps newspapers may have to take to realistically survive the industry's money crunch. And the answer is NOT micropayments.
Alan Mutter’s question backfires
Matthew Ingram at the Nieman Journalism Lab says that Alan Mutter's recent argument against Jeff Jarvis's "free is a business model" ideas isn't looking at the whole picture.
Why the Kindle will fail
Joshua Benton at the Nieman Journalism Lab shares some reasons why he thinks the Kindle will ultimately fail.
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