Re: Future of magazines/newspapers

**C* U* <c*@sbcglobal.net>**

I usually get the NYTimes on weekend and the Chicago Tribune 7 days a  
week. This week the delivery guy left the NYTimes on Tuesday by  
mistake and as I read it, I was reminded again of how interesting  
everything was, how much information there was and how shallow and  
superficial the Trib has become now that they've shortened the paper  
in favor of "smarter editing," according to the editors. What I want  
to read every day is reliable information, based on an experienced,  
trained person's best investigation and judgment. When I read opinion  
(and I do, a lot), I want it to be informed opinion, not just John  
Doe spouting off. Why should I waste my time with John Doe? So if  
newspapers and magazines go away, what happens to credibility? Where  
are the standards? Is it just the Wild West?

Carolyn Ulrich

On Jan 13, 2009, at 7:38 AM, loisdan@juno.com wrote:

>  Here's why I think the internet magazine model will not work in the
> current atmosphere, except for small entrepreneurs (because they don't
> have such high expenses) and for those who are using it as an  
> adjunct to
> promote their regular business (on-line purchases of plants, selling
> magazine subscriptions, clothes, etc,) all of which would also  
> appear as
> free promotional print literature (catalogs, direct mail).
>
> The internet was founded as a place to obtain FREE information. Young
> people, especially those who grew up with it, believe that everything
> offered there should be free. Why buy an encyclopedia when there is
> Wikipedia? Much of the "information" exchanged today (unlike when
> everything on the internet came from academia) is unvetted, but  
> many of
> the people using it do not have the critical thinking skills  
> necessary to
> even ask the questions, "Is this information accurate? Is the source
> reliable?" Or, they simply don't care.
>
>
> Regards,
> Lois
> Visit: http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
>
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