Comments on: Dreaming of a pay day http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080110/dreaming-of-a-pay-day/ Online musings from the newsroom and beyond . . . by Yoni Greenbaum Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Susan Schwartz http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080110/dreaming-of-a-pay-day/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Susan Schwartz Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:27:14 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080110/dreaming-of-a-pay-day/#comment-174 I think the difference is that we deal with a small market - 23,000 paid circulation for the traditional paper. No one else covers local issues regularly. The bigger players, in this case, are at a disadvantage, since they have competition that is, as Mark says, giving it away online for free. I think the difference is that we deal with a small market – 23,000 paid circulation for the traditional paper. No one else covers local issues regularly. The bigger players, in this case, are at a disadvantage, since they have competition that is, as Mark says, giving it away online for free.

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080110/dreaming-of-a-pay-day/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Mark Dykeman Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:17:28 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080110/dreaming-of-a-pay-day/#comment-161 While I appreciate what Susan Schwartz is saying in her comment above, what is so compelling about her newspaper's content that people would want to pay for the on-line edition? I know that it costs an organization to produce news (on-line or print), but it's really fighting a losing battle when the bigger players aren't charging the consumer, isn't it? While I appreciate what Susan Schwartz is saying in her comment above, what is so compelling about her newspaper’s content that people would want to pay for the on-line edition?

I know that it costs an organization to produce news (on-line or print), but it’s really fighting a losing battle when the bigger players aren’t charging the consumer, isn’t it?

]]> By: Susan Schwartz http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080110/dreaming-of-a-pay-day/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Susan Schwartz Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:47:30 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080110/dreaming-of-a-pay-day/#comment-127 Our newspaper, the Press Enterprise in Bloomsburg, PA, charges for the online edition. It costs money to pay reporters and photographers to cover the news. Why would we give it away for free? Online advertising isn't enough to support the operation. Our newspaper, the Press Enterprise in Bloomsburg, PA, charges for the online edition. It costs money to pay reporters and photographers to cover the news. Why would we give it away for free? Online advertising isn’t enough to support the operation.

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