Comments on: Beware, I might poke you in the eye! http://steveouting.com/2008/12/09/beware-i-might-poke-you-in-the-eye/ Journalist, consultant, entrepreneur ... Musings on digital media, Web 2.0/3.0, & news in the Internet era Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve Outing http://steveouting.com/2008/12/09/beware-i-might-poke-you-in-the-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-13829 Steve Outing Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:29:16 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=619#comment-13829 John: While I like to think that my 11 points are generally good advice for troubled newspapers, I didn't take the time to issue this obvious caveat: Your mileage may vary, depending on the specifics of your market. For some papers (hint: Tribune Co. properties), these "radical" concepts should probably be implemented now. For papers still doing well in small, non-competitive markets, there's probably time before drastic measures must be taken. John: While I like to think that my 11 points are generally good advice for troubled newspapers, I didn’t take the time to issue this obvious caveat: Your mileage may vary, depending on the specifics of your market. For some papers (hint: Tribune Co. properties), these “radical” concepts should probably be implemented now. For papers still doing well in small, non-competitive markets, there’s probably time before drastic measures must be taken.

]]> By: John Einar Sandvand http://steveouting.com/2008/12/09/beware-i-might-poke-you-in-the-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-13824 John Einar Sandvand Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:39:54 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=619#comment-13824 Steve, I thought your list of 11 points was right on. Many of your ideas would be radical steps for newspaper companies, yet I believe they are necessary. The only one I would argue about is your advice not to bother chasing young people. My own newspaper, Aftenposten in Norway, has had great success in running a daily opinion page for teenagers (no adults are allowed to write). It has become very popular among young people, and servers as an example that it might be possible to reach out to youngsters even for newspapers. I did a blog posting about your list: http://www.betatales.com/?p=156 Steve,

I thought your list of 11 points was right on. Many of your ideas would be radical steps for newspaper companies, yet I believe they are necessary. The only one I would argue about is your advice not to bother chasing young people.
My own newspaper, Aftenposten in Norway, has had great success in running a daily opinion page for teenagers (no adults are allowed to write). It has become very popular among young people, and servers as an example that it might be possible to reach out to youngsters even for newspapers.

I did a blog posting about your list: http://www.betatales.com/?p=156

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