How Newspapers Must Change to Survive

What the history of technology tells is that at some point, the slaughter stops. What remains are a handful of survivors. Some, like the handful of companies that still make typewriters, will cater to a small surviving pool of traditional customers. In newspapers, USA Today seems to have the greatest chance of ending up here (while the New York Times, which wants this slot, will never make it). Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dan Kennedy - Mar 13, 2009 - 7:06 AM PDT
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by Dan Kennedy - Mar. 14, 2009

Self-congratulatory in the extreme, and based on such dubious premises as the idea that newspapers should acquire Craigslist. Since Craigslist gives nearly all of its ads away for free, how does that help? And if a newspaper-owned Craigslist started to charge, wouldn't someone just start a new, free competitor?

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