Re:Will Someone Please Invent iTunes for News?
by brentr on Monday January 12, 2009 @06:37PM
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Thank you for your POV. Even though you are not in the US, it's nice to read the thoughts of someone else who shares this opinion. Perhaps if enough people shared this view and let it be known, the national news might report on something of substance.
Re:Will Someone Please Invent iTunes for News?
by Prrometheus on Monday January 12, 2009 @11:44PM
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Old media companies will probably die before they change. Then new ones will take their place. Sometimes change must occur through economic selection.
Re:Will Someone Please Invent iTunes for News?
by electromagnetic on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @10:39AM
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Agreed, look at the New York Times. It's currently on the verge of collapse and it's finally starting to realize this isn't the 1930's anymore and the web isn't just another place for people to read your newspaper. It appears they're beginning to get the point that it's the 21st century and you can do pretty much anything online.
It's a shame it's taken the New York Times to get to the brink of destruction, but I believe almost every newspaper company is going to get to that point before they realize they need to change... just I think most won't adapt fast enough.
Okay, 90% of child kidnapping directly involves someone in the family - first thing the police should do, hunt down everyone in the family haul them in and tell them it's a crime to leave the state without court permission. Then you've only got 1 out of 10 cases where the suspect isn't already in your custody! Those cases, I'll watch on the news; I don't care when some hillbilly family starts kidnapping each others kids.