http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/04/beecher-the-oz-still-in-denial-over-internet-change/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:08:59 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/04/beecher-the-oz-still-in-denial-over-internet-change/#comment-13428 Craig Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13428 Bit disingenous not mentioning that advertising is a highly cyclical industry, and that the US is in the middle of financial stress. Surely these have a substantial impact on the 2007 figure. Bit disingenous not mentioning that advertising is a highly cyclical industry, and that the US is in the middle of financial stress. Surely these have a substantial impact on the 2007 figure.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/04/beecher-the-oz-still-in-denial-over-internet-change/#comment-13429 ken Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13429 the article wouldn't carry any bias due to the nature of your current mode of journalism Eric? Australian newspapers are still the dominant carrier of news across the nation, not what sometimes poses as news on the internet the article wouldn’t carry any bias due to the nature of your current mode of journalism Eric? Australian newspapers are still the dominant carrier of news across the nation, not what sometimes poses as news on the internet

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/04/beecher-the-oz-still-in-denial-over-internet-change/#comment-13430 John Kotsopoulos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13430 I often have have a reading backlog of 3 days for the Oz and the Age because of the net. It does not augur well for the hardcopy version of the papers. I often have have a reading backlog of 3 days for the Oz and the Age because of the net. It does not augur well for the hardcopy version of the papers.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/04/beecher-the-oz-still-in-denial-over-internet-change/#comment-13431 Jonathan Este Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13431 Eric makes some good points. In my experience there is a glass-half full and a glass half empty approach: the digital revolution will allow a good story to become fantastic through use of video, graphics and the ability to point to research, original documents, etc. On the other hand is the concern that media proprietors will see an oppportunity to do everything on the cheap and fill their sites with "content". Under some models that have been mooted, advertising dollars will flow rapidly towards the "most read" stories, which often means celebs, cuddly pets and sex (not all at the same time, of course). Why not come and join the conversation at www.thefutureofjournalism.org.au and make sure not to miss Eric - as well as Roy Greenslade, Michael Elliott, Margaret Simons and a host of top journalists and media thinkers at the Future of Journalism summit in Sydney on May 1 and 2. Eric makes some good points. In my experience there is a glass-half full and a glass half empty approach: the digital revolution will allow a good story to become fantastic through use of video, graphics and the ability to point to research, original documents, etc. On the other hand is the concern that media proprietors will see an oppportunity to do everything on the cheap and fill their sites with “content”. Under some models that have been mooted, advertising dollars will flow rapidly towards the “most read” stories, which often means celebs, cuddly pets and sex (not all at the same time, of course). Why not come and join the conversation at http://www.thefutureofjournalism.org.au and make sure not to miss Eric - as well as Roy Greenslade, Michael Elliott, Margaret Simons and a host of top journalists and media thinkers at the Future of Journalism summit in Sydney on May 1 and 2.

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