Bwahahahahahh!!! Newsweak Heads to the Block...

Doggie the Bubble Boy,

You just don't get.

Publishers that provide content which readers value are able to stay in business.

Even if you as a reader valued the content, are you going to pay $10-20 bucks for that content that you can get for free, much faster from your own home?

What's happening to the magazine industry is what's happening to America. People want things for the cheapest price in the fastest possible way.

It's why China and other countries in that area is making everything and why the internet has surpassed the magazine industry.
 
WSJ is able to charge for online subscriptions. If the content is worthwhile, some people will pay for it.

It looks like secular homilies ad nauseam about Obama just don't sell.

Pretty much with you on your first line. Not so much on the second.

WSJ has some brilliant and insightful business minds writing for them, outside of the political sphere. Hard to find them in a single place anywhere else. That is what makes their content useful, and therefore worth paying for.

Newsweek just regurgitated the week in news (as their name suggests), and had no better analysis than literally hundreds of other "free" sites.

It's a supply/demand issue. Not a political one.
 
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It's not surprising that you do GROK neither the publishing/content business or the role of the internet.

Successful publishers are able to generate Ad Revenue online and/or charge for premium content. Newsweek failed because readers did not value the content enough to buy the paper version or visit the website.
 
Let me know if you need one of my daughter's step stools. lol.

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:lol:

Great for stealing cookies from the cookie jar. :cool:

Gunny is gonna make you eat your brussel sprouts if yer not careful.

lol.
 
WSJ is able to charge for online subscriptions. If the content is worthwhile, some people will pay for it.

It looks like secular homilies ad nauseam about Obama just don't sell.

Pretty much with you on your first sentence. Not so much on the second.

WSJ has some brilliant and insightful business minds writing for them, outside of the political sphere. Hard to find them in a single place anywhere else. That is what makes their content useful, and therefore worth paying for.

Newsweek just regurgitated the week in news (as their name suggests), and had no better analysis than literally hundreds of other "free" sites.

It's a supply/demand issue. Not a political one.


WSJ charges for its premium content - and has quite a good customer base for it.
 
WSJ is able to charge for online subscriptions. If the content is worthwhile, some people will pay for it.

It looks like secular homilies ad nauseam about Obama just don't sell.

Pretty much with you on your first sentence. Not so much on the second.

WSJ has some brilliant and insightful business minds writing for them, outside of the political sphere. Hard to find them in a single place anywhere else. That is what makes their content useful, and therefore worth paying for.

Newsweek just regurgitated the week in news (as their name suggests), and had no better analysis than literally hundreds of other "free" sites.

It's a supply/demand issue. Not a political one.


WSJ charges for its premium content - and has quite a good customer base for it.

I know. And I'm pretty sure I said why in my previous post :eusa_eh:
 
It's not surprising that you do GROK neither the publishing/content business or the role of the internet.

Successful publishers are able to generate Ad Revenue online and/or charge for premium content. Newsweek failed because readers did not value the content enough to buy the paper version or visit the website.

Because they can get it for free on the internet. Newsweek wasn't saying anything unique that I couldn't get anywhere else.

As for visiting the website, ad revenue and premium content is not going to cover the costs of running a failing magazine.
 
My second sentence was: "If the content is worthwhile, some people will pay for it."

You seemed to disagree with it.
 
WSJ is able to charge for online subscriptions. If the content is worthwhile, some people will pay for it.

It looks like secular homilies ad nauseam about Obama just don't sell.

Pretty much with you on your first sentence. Not so much on the second.

WSJ has some brilliant and insightful business minds writing for them, outside of the political sphere. Hard to find them in a single place anywhere else. That is what makes their content useful, and therefore worth paying for.

Newsweek just regurgitated the week in news (as their name suggests), and had no better analysis than literally hundreds of other "free" sites.

It's a supply/demand issue. Not a political one.


WSJ charges for its premium content - and has quite a good customer base for it.

So does the FT - they are an excellent paper.... with some very good guest writers. :lol:
 
Got it. Considering how the content was so Obama focused in 2009, it doesn't make sense to separate the loss of customers with the nature of the content.
 
Got it. Considering how the content was so Obama focused in 2009, it doesn't make sense to separate the loss of customers with the nature of the content.

Other Obama focused sites/papers/mags aren't failing left and right (pardon the pun).

Therefore the answer is something else. The simplest answer is: People don't want to pay for things they can get for free. Newsweek's business model is outdated in a digital world.
 
Got it. Considering how the content was so Obama focused in 2009, it doesn't make sense to separate the loss of customers with the nature of the content.

:eusa_eh:

Have you been watching the news or reading what's going on to the newspaper and magazine industry for the last five years or so especially? :eusa_eh:
 
Other Obama focused sites/papers/mags aren't failing left and right (pardon the pun).

Therefore the answer is something else. The simplest answer is: People don't want to pay for things they can get for free. Newsweek's business model is outdated in a digital world.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to RadiomanATL again.

Going to have to wait. :lol:
 
Got it. Considering how the content was so Obama focused in 2009, it doesn't make sense to separate the loss of customers with the nature of the content.

Apart from the barber shop and the doctor's office, nobody buys and reads magazines anymore.
 
Other Obama focused sites/papers/mags aren't failing left and right (pardon the pun).

Therefore the answer is something else. The simplest answer is: People don't want to pay for things they can get for free. Newsweek's business model is outdated in a digital world.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to RadiomanATL again.

Going to have to wait. :lol:

No probs. :lol:
 
Got it. Considering how the content was so Obama focused in 2009, it doesn't make sense to separate the loss of customers with the nature of the content.

Other Obama focused sites/papers/mags aren't failing left and right (pardon the pun).

Therefore the answer is something else. The simplest answer is: People don't want to pay for things they can get for free. Newsweek's business model is outdated in a digital world.



It's a matter of degree. Obama is certainly newsworthy - but Newsweek was excessive in its fawning, uncritical coverage. Readers have voted by losing interest.

And stuff like this didn't help:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr4VZ8xCzOg]Evan Thomas: Obama is sort of God[/ame]
 
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It's a matter of degree. Obama is certainly newsworthy - but Newsweek was excessive in its fawning, uncritical coverage. Readers have voted by losing interest.

Except there are plenty of sites/mags/papers that are Obama obsessed that aren't failing. Just accept it Boe, it's a outdated business model and not their coverage of Obama that was their undoing.
 
Newsweek took the Obama worship to an extreme - and was disingenuous regarding the nature of it's publication. Other far left media are also seeing drops in viewership and readership (in addition, Air American went BK). The Obama Worship just isn't selling too well these day.
 

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