Comments on: Reuters disappears from Australian newspapers http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/reuters-disappears-from-australian-newspapers/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Incitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/reuters-disappears-from-australian-newspapers/#comment-902 Incitatus Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-902 Reuters is no longer independant. It's now owned by the education publisher Thompsons. Reuters is no longer independant. It’s now owned by the education publisher Thompsons.

]]> By: BernardK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/reuters-disappears-from-australian-newspapers/#comment-903 BernardK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-903 for international news I go straight to decent sources anyway - NYTimes, Telegraph.co.uk, Reuters, etc.<br /><br />For real news junkies, there is the 24/7 hits available through things like google news - and if you have arcane news tastes you can set up either real time or daily digest of news alerts.<br /><br /> for international news I go straight to decent sources anyway - NYTimes, Telegraph.co.uk, Reuters, etc.

For real news junkies, there is the 24/7 hits available through things like google news - and if you have arcane news tastes you can set up either real time or daily digest of news alerts.

]]> By: Chris http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/reuters-disappears-from-australian-newspapers/#comment-904 Chris Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-904 Every day we're moving towards what we find so offensive with China - information and entertainment suppression. From an ever-decreasing number of outlets we’re getting average, generic news reporting, certainly not diverse or enriched. It may not be intentional, but it's certainly the outcome of profit-driven boardrooms giving us fewer choices. Media networks are churning out the same stories and pix across the print, television and radio industries totally oblivious to the demand for local content. It’s all so boring we’re switching off – not listening, reading or watching because we’ve heard or seen it before. It’s the same story on a whole range of goods and services aside from the media – two retail outlets, a handful of banks and even our two-party system. Why we point the finger at China I’ve no idea. Every day we’re moving towards what we find so offensive with China - information and entertainment suppression. From an ever-decreasing number of outlets we’re getting average, generic news reporting, certainly not diverse or enriched. It may not be intentional, but it’s certainly the outcome of profit-driven boardrooms giving us fewer choices. Media networks are churning out the same stories and pix across the print, television and radio industries totally oblivious to the demand for local content. It’s all so boring we’re switching off – not listening, reading or watching because we’ve heard or seen it before. It’s the same story on a whole range of goods and services aside from the media – two retail outlets, a handful of banks and even our two-party system. Why we point the finger at China I’ve no idea.

]]> By: Brizer http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/reuters-disappears-from-australian-newspapers/#comment-905 Brizer Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-905 Credibility is king when it comes to news media and Reuters' reputation is second to none. I'd suggest the newspapers do their sums - calculate the cost of establishing their own bureaux across the global hot spots and $1.2 million, shared across a multitude of papers, for a quality wire service starts to look pretty damn cheap. Nothing wrong with AFP and AP but if they're the only wires being used across all newspapers in the country, the news will be even more homogenised than it already is, and that will drive the A-B readers (who read international news) online and to niche news magazines.<br />Newspapers should wake up. They're losing readers left right and centre and this petty sort of cost-cutting will only make it worse. Credibility is king when it comes to news media and Reuters’ reputation is second to none. I’d suggest the newspapers do their sums - calculate the cost of establishing their own bureaux across the global hot spots and $1.2 million, shared across a multitude of papers, for a quality wire service starts to look pretty damn cheap. Nothing wrong with AFP and AP but if they’re the only wires being used across all newspapers in the country, the news will be even more homogenised than it already is, and that will drive the A-B readers (who read international news) online and to niche news magazines.
Newspapers should wake up. They’re losing readers left right and centre and this petty sort of cost-cutting will only make it worse.

]]> By: chris http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/reuters-disappears-from-australian-newspapers/#comment-906 chris Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-906 Not quite right.<br />WA Newspapers is a shareholder in AAP. Not quite right.
WA Newspapers is a shareholder in AAP.

]]> By: Wally http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/reuters-disappears-from-australian-newspapers/#comment-907 Wally Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-907 As one journalist put it, "Newspapers have lost all control."<br />And relevance ! As one journalist put it, “Newspapers have lost all control.”
And relevance !

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