Comments on: How can newspapers get this completely friggin’ backward?!! http://steveouting.com/2009/07/07/how-can-newspapers-get-this-completely-friggin-backward/ 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: Valleri http://steveouting.com/2009/07/07/how-can-newspapers-get-this-completely-friggin-backward/comment-page-1/#comment-52955 Valleri Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:41:14 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=706#comment-52955 With Cleveland's economy in a world of hurt, and advertisers leaving their newspaper by the busload, the PD wants to protect its revenue. The way they are going about it is completely wrong. And like most newspapers, the PD has failed to embrace and adapt to new technologies that have cut into its subscriber base. With Cleveland’s economy in a world of hurt, and advertisers leaving their newspaper by the busload, the PD wants to protect its revenue. The way they are going about it is completely wrong. And like most newspapers, the PD has failed to embrace and adapt to new technologies that have cut into its subscriber base.

]]> By: Stu Lowndes http://steveouting.com/2009/07/07/how-can-newspapers-get-this-completely-friggin-backward/comment-page-1/#comment-28755 Stu Lowndes Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:44:13 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=706#comment-28755 Better to remain silent And be thought a fool Then to speak out And remove all doubt. I've been a fool, sometimes. I've been a newspaperman, sometimes. I've been a blogger, sometimes. I've been a pipsqueak, most of the time. Thank you, Ted. Meanwhile, and now that we have been introduced, up close and personal, I would like to kick your ass. If I were one of the execs on the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a rag in desperate need of a good video editor or a how-to dummy guide for all staff scribes, I would do one of the following: 1.Fire you - immediately. 2.Make you write a weekly column on blogs. 3.Remove the marbles in your mouth, speak slowly, face the camera,and apologize to all bloggers. 4.Recommend you accept the PR post with PrintPhobia.com As a so-called "reader rep," do you have the balls and brains to say, "Oops!" It's a friggin' insult to my craft and fellow scribes to see and listen to ignorant and arrogant comments on those who have, at least, the passion and determination and courage to meet the many challenges of the Net, and digital journalism in particular. It's guys like you that give newspapers a bad name. Get a life or get the f*** out of the game! Better to remain silent
And be thought a fool
Then to speak out
And remove all doubt.

I’ve been a fool, sometimes.
I’ve been a newspaperman, sometimes.
I’ve been a blogger, sometimes.

I’ve been a pipsqueak, most of the time.

Thank you, Ted.

Meanwhile, and now that we have been introduced, up close and personal, I would like to kick your ass. If I were one of the execs on the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a rag in desperate need of a good video editor or a how-to dummy guide for all staff scribes, I would do one of the following:

1.Fire you – immediately.
2.Make you write a weekly column on blogs.
3.Remove the marbles in your mouth, speak slowly, face the camera,and apologize to all bloggers.
4.Recommend you accept the PR post with PrintPhobia.com

As a so-called “reader rep,” do you have the balls and brains to say, “Oops!”

It’s a friggin’ insult to my craft and fellow scribes to see and listen to ignorant and arrogant comments on those who have, at least, the passion and determination and courage to meet the many challenges of the Net, and digital journalism in particular.

It’s guys like you that give newspapers a bad name.

Get a life or get the f*** out of the game!

]]> By: Steve Outing http://steveouting.com/2009/07/07/how-can-newspapers-get-this-completely-friggin-backward/comment-page-1/#comment-28701 Steve Outing Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:15:54 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=706#comment-28701 Lynette: Too soon to know; the service hasn't launched yet. Lynette: Too soon to know; the service hasn’t launched yet.

]]> By: climbingwall http://steveouting.com/2009/07/07/how-can-newspapers-get-this-completely-friggin-backward/comment-page-1/#comment-28695 climbingwall Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:32:37 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=706#comment-28695 Hey, check out the comment I posted to their site. Cheers! Hey, check out the comment I posted to their site.
Cheers!

]]> By: Lynette Cornell http://steveouting.com/2009/07/07/how-can-newspapers-get-this-completely-friggin-backward/comment-page-1/#comment-28679 Lynette Cornell Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:26:45 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=706#comment-28679 As a reporter, I like the idea of Payyattention, but I wonder if anyone actually donates. As a reporter, I like the idea of Payyattention, but I wonder if anyone actually donates.

]]> By: Dave Stanton http://steveouting.com/2009/07/07/how-can-newspapers-get-this-completely-friggin-backward/comment-page-1/#comment-28677 Dave Stanton Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:01:06 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=706#comment-28677 The video saddened and sickened me as well. I don't like to disparage people I've never met, but criticism is justified for this absurdly myopic curmudgeon masquerading as "reader representative." Clearly his views cannot speak for the readers of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The video saddened and sickened me as well. I don’t like to disparage people I’ve never met, but criticism is justified for this absurdly myopic curmudgeon masquerading as “reader representative.” Clearly his views cannot speak for the readers of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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