Comments on: Do 1/3 Prefer Citizen Media? http://twopointouch.com/2006/12/20/do-13-prefer-citizen-media/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:21:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ian Delaney http://twopointouch.com/2006/12/20/do-13-prefer-citizen-media/#comment-7221 Ian Delaney Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:48:29 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/12/20/do-13-prefer-citizen-media/#comment-7221 Webomatica - you're right, the two are very different. But more and more newspapers are deciding to outsource newsgathering to AP and Reuters for almost anything, it seems. Obviously, only AP and Reuters can win that game given that their news feeds are free. Webomatica - you’re right, the two are very different. But more and more newspapers are deciding to outsource newsgathering to AP and Reuters for almost anything, it seems.

Obviously, only AP and Reuters can win that game given that their news feeds are free.

]]> By: Webomatica http://twopointouch.com/2006/12/20/do-13-prefer-citizen-media/#comment-6404 Webomatica Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:22:12 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/12/20/do-13-prefer-citizen-media/#comment-6404 Personally I prefer "news" from established media (CNN, NYTimes, etc.) but I'll take "opinion" on a social media website (blog, podcast, digg) any day. In my mind these two items are completely separate. If a newspaper would just figure out what it wants to focus on (solid reporting and gathering news) - and put it all on the web they would be fine. The real thing that is dying is the "paper" - the inconvenience of the distribution method. The news is still in demand. Just give it to me in a format I want it in. Personally I prefer “news” from established media (CNN, NYTimes, etc.) but I’ll take “opinion” on a social media website (blog, podcast, digg) any day. In my mind these two items are completely separate.

If a newspaper would just figure out what it wants to focus on (solid reporting and gathering news) - and put it all on the web they would be fine. The real thing that is dying is the “paper” - the inconvenience of the distribution method. The news is still in demand. Just give it to me in a format I want it in.

]]> By: Bob Boydston http://twopointouch.com/2006/12/20/do-13-prefer-citizen-media/#comment-6360 Bob Boydston Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:22:29 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/12/20/do-13-prefer-citizen-media/#comment-6360 The paper itself is in hard times. Really the star of northern cal, it may be one of the first to go under as a daily paper. The paper itself is in hard times. Really the star of northern cal, it may be one of the first to go under as a daily paper.

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