Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Re: Stinky words... Part of the problem is that most of the newspapers waited too long. For years (decades?) they scoffed at news via the internet as not a real threat and pretty much ignored the market. Now they are paying for it. News going to electronic media was never a matter of if, but of when, and how. Basically the newspapers missed the boat. Hopefully a few of the small online only outfits will see growth and their models can be followed.
The last few years has shown incredible profits for TV(what was a Superbowl add this year?), yet we have seen a reduction in the quality of the shows produced. I do not think you can necessarily equate income with quality. A lot of the UK's TV is VASTLY superior to that produced in the US and is produced at a fraction of the cost(there is a reason why so many Uk shows are shown/copied). If the US TV does not embrace online media, it will surely follow newspapers down the tubes. |
