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Re: There Will Be No Bailout for Old Media

Steve_R — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:25:19 -0000

Here's a new one!

NY Times Article: PC Magazine, a Flagship for Ziff Davis, Will Cease Printing a Paper Version

Re: There Will Be No Bailout for Old Media

Adam_Thierer — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:43:45 -0000

Mathew Ingram wonders if it is time to hit the panic button.

Re: There Will Be No Bailout for Old Media

Steve_R — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:32:06 -0000

Adam, glad you had this follow-up. I was wondering what to do with this NY Times Article: Mourning Old Media’s Decline.

We are experiencing technological evolution. The process can be painful. Some companies will go out of business because on an inability to adapt, others will innovate and thrive. Hopefully, the news media will adopt the innovative route and embrace the new opportunities.

Re: There Will Be No Bailout for Old Media

mark — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:05:04 -0000

Do not forget that these "old media" corporations do almost all the news gathering - an exspensive endevour that the new media repackagers exploit. If the old media guys were smart they could charge for their services. They say information wants to be free; But if thats the case than there wont be anyone to gather the information in the first place.

Re: There Will Be No Bailout for Old Media

MikeRT — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:46:01 -0000

There is some real poetic justice in seeing them getting prevented from adapting by the very big government regulations that they championed as good liberal propaganda outlets all of these years.