Comments on: The Worst “Blind Pews” of U.S. Newspapers, PT II http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/the-worst-blind-pews-of-us-newspapers-pt-ii/ New media consultant John Wilpers blogs on expanding the reach and relevance of mainstream media by partnering with the blogging community Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bart http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/the-worst-blind-pews-of-us-newspapers-pt-ii/#comment-47 Bart Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:25:53 +0000 http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-47 Come on John, don't let this site die! Come on John, don’t let this site die!

]]> By: Bart http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/the-worst-blind-pews-of-us-newspapers-pt-ii/#comment-44 Bart Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:19:16 +0000 http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-44 Funny! Funny!

]]> By: Michelle http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/the-worst-blind-pews-of-us-newspapers-pt-ii/#comment-43 Michelle Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:59:05 +0000 http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-43 hahahah you get cheekier and cheekier with these! I love it! hahahah you get cheekier and cheekier with these! I love it!

]]> By: Ostensibly http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/the-worst-blind-pews-of-us-newspapers-pt-ii/#comment-42 Ostensibly Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:52:55 +0000 http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-42 Then there's the issue of how fast any brick-and-mortar media can generate a revenue/blog relationship. Turnaround seems incredibly slow. Gatehouse Media allegedly got the guts of BostonNOW's Internet blog plan (past and what was intended to be its future) back in April. Still, no big changes over there and Editor & Publisher all but rings the death knell for the 100-plus corp: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003827609 Can it be that the business side of the news is so ultimately rooted in obsolete-think that even available content and motivated professionals can't overcome the overwhelming inertia? Perhaps we have to destroy the village to save it? Then there’s the issue of how fast any brick-and-mortar media can generate a revenue/blog relationship.

Turnaround seems incredibly slow. Gatehouse Media allegedly got the guts of BostonNOW’s Internet blog plan (past and what was intended to be its future) back in April.

Still, no big changes over there and Editor & Publisher all but rings the death knell for the 100-plus corp: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003827609

Can it be that the business side of the news is so ultimately rooted in obsolete-think that even available content and motivated professionals can’t overcome the overwhelming inertia?

Perhaps we have to destroy the village to save it?

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