Comments on: Oh, good grief, Tim Rutten! http://steveouting.com/2009/08/23/oh-good-grief-tim-rutten/ 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: Collusion for pay wall/collision with brick wall | Jay Small | Small Initiatives http://steveouting.com/2009/08/23/oh-good-grief-tim-rutten/comment-page-1/#comment-33964 Collusion for pay wall/collision with brick wall | Jay Small | Small Initiatives Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:19:43 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=719#comment-33964 [...] Steve Outing, for example: "He's joking, right? U.S. newspapers, many with a history of profit margins in the 20-30% range for many years, suddenly should be allowed to collude because they've had a rough couple years? That's outrageous. The marketplace and disruptive technologies are forcing newspapers to change or die. So they have to change, reinvent themselves for the digital age. Let’s keep government out of this, unless it's in more useful ways such as supporting the expansion of broadband to all, giving media players large and small a level playing field." [...] [...] Steve Outing, for example: “He’s joking, right? U.S. newspapers, many with a history of profit margins in the 20-30% range for many years, suddenly should be allowed to collude because they’ve had a rough couple years? That’s outrageous. The marketplace and disruptive technologies are forcing newspapers to change or die. So they have to change, reinvent themselves for the digital age. Let’s keep government out of this, unless it’s in more useful ways such as supporting the expansion of broadband to all, giving media players large and small a level playing field.” [...]

]]> By: David Herrold http://steveouting.com/2009/08/23/oh-good-grief-tim-rutten/comment-page-1/#comment-33765 David Herrold Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:49:01 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=719#comment-33765 When you change the industry from newspapers to the auto industry or healthcare the idea sounds preposterous. So why would it be OK in the newsapaper biz? I'd like two of whatever he's smoking, please. When you change the industry from newspapers to the auto industry or healthcare the idea sounds preposterous.

So why would it be OK in the newsapaper biz?

I’d like two of whatever he’s smoking, please.

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