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  1. @PeoriaPundit And what many journalist consider quality content is exhibit A of why readership has been declining for 40 years.
  2. @PeoriaPundit In a disruptive competitive environment, you can spend all the money you want on Quality Content and still fail.
  3. @hc @cshirky 's opening is dead on right. He obvly hasn't looked at the stats for many news sites though, given his take on HP traffic.
  4. @PeoriaPundit People won't pay so long as there are free alternatives. And the barrier to entry for a free alternative is practically zero.
  5. @PeoriaPundit Papers that switch to paid content create opportunity for online entrepreneurs.
  6. @melissalamp then it would be mass suicide.
  7. Somebody should start a newspaper suicide watch, listing all the newspaper web sites converting to paid content.
  8. Know anybody who would like to launch a news site in Harlingen, Texas? http://tinyurl.com/n3y5ls
  9. I don't think a traditional print journalist could ever write this lead, but it's the truth. http://tinyurl.com/n8f6z3
  10. @ckrewson I credit Deal of the Day to Rusty Coats, now VP at Scripps. When he taught me the idea, I didn't know radio has done it for years.
  11. @ckrewson It works great with food; Retail a little more iffy. It's great for cash flow. No billing. Also helps create buzz.
  12. @ckrewson Though, caveat, of course, it's still early. Revenue could go either up or down from here.
  13. @ckrewson Yes. But correction, FT of 1, part-time of three or four, or just one, depending on how you're counting. Could support 2 FT. Maybe
  14. iPhone app site http://iphonetunes.net/. Key contributor is Charlie Mallow, pres. of Batavia City Council.
  15. @PeoriaPundit I consider it a blog. There's no contradiction between being a news site and being a blog.
  16. @PeoriaPundit @davewiner The Batavian gets almost no traffic from other blogs, like less than .01 percent of total traffic.
  17. @PaulLomax Consider each and every word: No digital device will replace newspapers.
  18. No digital device will ever replace newspapers. Newspapers either continue or they die, but there is no digital savior.
  19. Listening to Chris Anderson on NPR. He doesn't really get craigslist or the decline of professional journalism. Close, but not quite right.
  20. @ckrewson And my response was honest. Asking "how big of staff" is starting at wrong end of the business model. http://tinyurl.com/m5ksp2