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Re:Will Someone Please Invent iTunes for News? by Jasber on Monday January 12, 2009 @02:51PM (#431013)
“The notion that the enormous cost of real news-gathering might be supported by the ad load of display advertising down the side of the page, or by the revenue share from having a Google search box in the corner of the page, or even by a 15-second teaser from Geico prior to a news clip, is idiotic on its face.”

The notion that newspapers are still spending money on multi-million dollar presses and bloated newsrooms is what's really idiotic.

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Re:Will Someone Please Invent iTunes for News? by gabrielroth on Monday January 12, 2009 @04:14PM (#431156)
Evidence that newsrooms are bloated, please.
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Re:Will Someone Please Invent iTunes for News? by Jasber on Monday January 12, 2009 @06:29PM (#431328)
By bloated I mean local newspapers covering national news. When small papers have newsrooms with 60 reporters, and 40% of those reporters cover national news--that's a problem.

To see evidence of this go look at your local paper. Mine writes about (not syndicates...writes) national news all of the time.

Small to medium sized papers shouldn't be doing this anymore. They should be focusing on their local communities and dominating that market.

By bloat I mean purchasing multi-million dollar printing presses in 2005 (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-108017775.html) when you should be investing heavily in your local and online markets.

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Re:Will Someone Please Invent iTunes for News? by brandnewlow on Monday January 12, 2009 @07:50PM (#431426)
There are some claims here I'd still like links to backup.

Show me a "small" paper with 60 reporters.

Show me a "small" paper with 25 reporters covering national news.

Your local paper has 40% of its reporters covering national news?

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