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What about the New York Times?
David Carr has a column in the New York Times in which he speculates about the future of the New York Times. He starts off with a disclaimer, telling us that he’s not privy to the conversations at the upper, business levels of the company and then walks us through the gossip and speculation surrounding [...]
iTunes not a money maker and wouldn’t be for news
The other day, I spent a good half an hour jotting down my idea as to what an “iTunes for news” would really look like. Now, after reading a post by Pat Thornton, I’m starting to think I wasted my time.
Thornton points out that Apple has stated that iTunes doesn’t turn a huge profit. The program [...]
Posted in Digitalia, New Media Also tagged iTunes, journalism, New Media, news, newspapers, Patrick Thornton Comments closed
iTunes for news: A quickly thought-up model
Admittedly, I haven’t read anything about David Carr’s iTunes for news idea since the days immediately following the column’s release in the New York Times on Jan. 11. I don’t know where the state of the conversation is at this point, but I’m going to write this anyhow.
A disclaimer before we go on. The thoughts [...]
More TriCityNews reaction
Pat Thornton at The Journalism Iconoclast reacts to Anil Dash’s post about TriCityNews. Dash, you may recall, wonders whether the alt weekly is really a “news“paper at all or just an adspace. Thornton agrees with Dash and chides the New York Times article’s author, David Carr, for “not proving that the triCityNews serves its community [...]
Posted in New Media Also tagged Anil Dash, journalism, Patrick Thornton, TriCityNews Comments closed
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