Is there a thread for the rapid death of the newspaper industry?

http://i.imgur.com/lDgHo.png

"You can click on an ad, and it turns into a video"

Amazing.

I hate it when that happens.

Looks like Murdoch is in the midst of 'dropping the kids off at the pool'. UNGGGGGGGH.

The webcast is a rebroadcast from earlier, but stay tuned for the Q&A - it's when it becomes really clear that their plan is falling apart.

Quick estimate of the figures is that they need one in every 30 iPad owners to pay and keep paying for it to break even.

Been playing with the Daily here. It's total shit. It crashes all the time, the UI is this horrible car-crash between PDF pages and iPad, it crashes all the time, it's boring and it crashes. all. the. time.

Today's editorial:

New times demand new journalism. Modern technology has given us more ways to tell stories than ever before — words, pictures, audio, video and interactive graphics. The Daily will deliver them all.

These amazing times also demand new ideas, and The Daily will deliver those too.

We live at a moment of unprecedented social and technological transformation, of political tension in the United States and upheaval abroad. These times call for arguments that push beyond calcified partisanship and the political battles of yesteryear. We need new voices that inform, entertain and provoke.

On these pages you’ll find views from across the political spectrum. They will come from across cultures and generations, across America and the world.

Here you will read reviews of books that matter. Pieces that explore religious faith. And history stories that illuminate where we come from.

You will also find The Daily’s own point of view. We will crusade for reforming America’s broken schools so we can remain the world’s pre-eminent economic and technological power. We will fight for sensible immigration reform and smart environmental laws. We will push for policies that give Americans the maximum possible freedom in their personal lives. And we don’t believe that expanding government is the solution to most problems.

Above all else, we will stand for freedom and with those who seek it. We believe America is exceptional, and must retain its unique role as global leader.

Not everyone will agree with us. But we know that, from the clamor of debate, new and world-changing ideas emerge. The Daily looks forward to being your guide and companion as our new era begins.

Shall I pitch them the Jesus Rides Dinosaur story, or have they already done that?

Awesome:

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Feb/Week2/15927106.jpg

haha is that what it looks like on the newsstand?

Sadly not, just seen a copy.

It's not hitting the level of solemnity here, going "Ttty tyrtyty yttyty tty tyyt tytyty yttyty", really, is it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTI2xX5ttkQ

thank thank thank you thank you really thank you thank you you thank thank you is a bit much. It's not going to sell that many papers.

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new york times paywall is going up : /

On NYTimes.com, you can view 20 articles each month at no charge (including slide shows, videos and other features). After 20 articles, we will ask you to become a digital subscriber, with full access to our site.

It would be a fine system, if every other large online newspaper wasn't completely free.
Oh, I read my 20 articles? Guess I'll head over to CNN, NPR, USA Today, BBC, etc etc

didn't they try that before and lose a ton of money

No, that was a case of them thinking the world was dying to pay lots of money for the insightful wit and wisdom of Maureen O'Dowd.

"For the next three weeks Jay Leno stands in for Jeremy Clarkson"

Well done The Sunday Times, repurposing columns from your sister US papers for a country that has no clue who Jay Leno is.

you know who jay leno is, i know who jay leno is, and i don't think we're so bleedin exceptional (besides, he's been on top gear so i'm guessing that's part of the reason for the substitution)

Suppose Clarkson's column being printed in the New York Post would make less sense.

Yeah, Jay Leno's quite well known to Top Gear viewers, and Sunday Times readers aren't yer "no idea what goes on in other countries" types, as a rule.

Belatedly catching up with the Society of News Design's best newspaper design winner for 2010. Portugual's i launched in 2009 - phenomenal work to turn this kind of thing around daily:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmarques_/sets/72157625931753217/

HOUSES THAT LOOK LIKE PEOPLE

lebedev paid too much imho

Daily Sport and Sunday Sport cease publication and calls in administrators

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46915&c=1

RIP. they would have to do this on april fool's day, confusing the boundaries of fact and fiction even in their death throes.

rot in piss

Sad for the staff and their families, but this is a great opportunity for other newspapers to pick up some of their readers. I hope the Guardian has a strategy fot this.

It's a newspaper?

Worst front page splash ever?

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Apr/Week1/15965386.jpg

Terrible nonsensical headline and a photo of a 14 year-old fruity girl? Plus points for the double Roo joke, though.

Agree.

(except unsure what 'fruity' means here)

A Private Eye term for the sort of teenager who gets her picture on the front of the Telegraph on A level results day.

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Apr/Week3/15976393.jpg

Feed her some fruit.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2011/apr/27/guardian-local-update

Guardian kills its local project because it's "not sustainable". Where does that thinking end then, eh?

I'd guess that Dave Hill's London blog is safe, though.

the guardian as a whole isn't sustainable. they should give a better reason why they picked this from among their many unprofitable activities.

Ooh, a big gypsy sex cheat!

Weird how they don't explain AT ALL what the criteria for continuing it were, why those criteria weren't met, etc.

There are still jobs for journalism majors out there.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jun/09/daily-record-mediabusiness?CMP=twt_fd

In June 2001, the Record was selling an average of 596,000 copies a day. In April this year, the latest ABC figure, it sold just 312,000. [...]

I can see that the Record, in concert with all the red-tops in Britain, has lost its way - and there is no apparent turning back.

So, and I know this is going to upset the journalists who work there (plus others who don't), there is no genuine point to the Record.

I have no especial brief for Trinity Mirror - as I must have made clear endless numbers of times on this blog - but its willingness to continue publishing the Record and Mail could be viewed as an act of charity.

1. the guardian's circulation is 263,000, nearly 50,000 less than the daily record despite a larger target market in the whole of the uk
2. what a cunt

3. he wears stupid waistcoats

4. Glass houses, stones, etc.

I think allot of industries have to adapt or die these days - ie. the music industry. I think there is still a desire for local news but not necessarily in print

So apparently we missed this last week? Good luck building a sustainable business model there guyz.

what are they supposed to do?

they've been "digital first" since 2006 or something, so i'm not really sure what they're announcing now. i think it's just the CEO trying to make it look like he's got a strategy other than merely managing decline. although - and i've bored on about this before, sorry - the guardian would be financially very healthy if they hadn't made their stupid private equity deal.

the print edition will include less 'news' and more analysis.

lol everyone says this when they realise things are going to shit because they've sacked all the reporters, cf the independent's viewspaper. comment is cheap, but facts are hard to come by.

elsewhere, they announced that their recruitment advertising had fallen by £41m, but they are giving job ads away for free at the moment. i guess if you're the sharpest business brain you're not likely to be attracted to a hippy outfit like the graun.

so was the times paywall the total fucking disaster everyone predicted? haven't heard much gloating so i presume it wasn't that bad

i want the times paywall to succeed, less because i care about the times and more because i want cory doctorow to be wrong about everything