Posts Tagged ‘Boston Globe’

Poll: would you pay for premium local content?

Last week, our P&T readers presented President Obama his 100-day media report card. Over half of the poll respondents gave him an A+, totally in control of the media coverage and his “brand,” with another third gave him at least a B.

This week, we are exploring new paradigms for the monetization and survival of the old media in this new era. I’m keying off of an article I tweeted about from Harvard University that gave a roadmap to the Boston Globe’s future. They referenced their crosstown rival MIT’s Technology Review, which makes the case for making the news free, while charging for the extras.

Where’s the money going to come from to keep our professional journalists creating content? Vote then weigh in on the comments.

Would you pay a subscription or per article price for premium content made available by local mainstream media?

  • No: everything on the internet provided by local media should be free (60%, 18 Votes)
  • Maybe: if the price was right and the content was interesting enough (40%, 12 Votes)
  • Yes: it’s worth spending a few bucks to get the context of the news (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 30

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NYT: Times-News small circulation decline

The New York Times today had another article on the worrisome state of metropolitan newspapers, with the gist of the article stating that it is just a matter of time that an American city will have to exist without a newspaper.

Accompanying the article is a map that indicates that that American city will not be Erie. In fact, this graphic is showing that the Erie Times-News has lost circulation between 2005 and 2008, but only at a single-digit rate. That is compared to, for example, the Boston Globe, which has lost over 20% of its circulation. Nearly every daily newspaper over 50,000 copies a day has lost sales the past three years, but there are exceptions. The closest to us would be the Cincinnati Enquirer.

It’s a tough road for friends in print.