Comments on: Online vs. Print

By: links for 2008-06-23 « David Black

links for 2008-06-23 « David Black — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:40:37 +0000

[...] Online vs. Print – Joanna Geary “I like the idea that print is the place for slightly less time-sensitive articles – in-depth analysis, comment, features, etc. Making print less time-senstive, I think, increases its worth and makes people more likely to hold onto it for longer and read (tags: internet newspapers newspapersites journalism trends) [...]

By: Kristine

Kristine — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:22:16 +0000

Totally agree on making print more than a news vechile. One interesting point here though is how Schibsted, the Norwegian-based pan-European media company, decided very early on that if print should be cannibalised, Schibsted would be the cannibal: they openly admit that the company’s online suceess is slowly eroding print readership etc. All subsidiaries within the company are effectively competing against each other – that’s another way of doing things.

By: Adam Tinworth

Adam Tinworth — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:01:28 +0000

Yeah, I don’t think that print-as-news-vehicle has much mileage any more. I’m a strong advocate of print become more analytical, giving depth to the stories breaking on the web.

By: catherinebray

catherinebray — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:36:40 +0000

“Making print less time-senstive, I think, increases its worth and makes people more likely to hold onto it for longer and read it more.”

Totally agree, though obviously it’s easier for us at 4Talent as the magazine is printed twice yearly and is as thick as a book!

The flipside, I suppose, for online, is to remember that what you write for a newspaper online is up permanentely, so can both be more immediate, and yet still findable at the click of a button ten years on- both a potentially positive and negative thing…