tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post5736858098650532064..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: The Future of Newspapers: Information as Private Property?Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-61034402420097193282009-03-10T11:42:00.000-04:002009-03-10T11:42:00.000-04:00"Bloggers" is probably too broad a term, since mos..."Bloggers" is probably too broad a term, since most of us live off what reporters produce. A reporters' cooperative, perhaps built on the skeleton of any remaining writers' union, might have a chance of pulling this project off. The next question would be whether all the reporters could agree on an editorial point of view, or whether they'd aspire to the 20th century model of "objective" reporting despite the skepticism of the 21st century.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-11921406867972512292009-03-09T16:30:00.000-04:002009-03-09T16:30:00.000-04:00Or: a collective of bloggers pooling resources tog...Or: a collective of bloggers pooling resources together on every available topic. If the newspaper as we know it goes the way of the Edsel, then we're one step closer to the Orwellian vision of a dystopic future. Not a fun thought.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-11793157948081887052009-03-09T08:52:00.000-04:002009-03-09T08:52:00.000-04:00Perhaps the future lies not in putting newspapers ...Perhaps the future lies not in putting newspapers online, but in journalists themselves banding together to form websites where their stories are available for a price/download. Get rid of editors, get rid of publishers. Which means local advertisers who can't afford tv/radio and are too old fashioned to be bothered with the 'net will be looking for old-timey broadsheets to advertise themeselves in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com