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Jenna Peterfeso

A Bright Future for Newspapers  | American Journalism Review - 0 views

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future competitive advantages

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  • If present readership trends continue indefinitely, says the University of North Carolina professor, the last daily newspaper reader will check out in 2044. October 2044, to be exact.
  • Compared with the rest of the media industry, newspapers are doing no worse, and in some respects quite a bit better, than the competition, including the Internet.
  • The major fear in the newspaper industry is that today's young people won't grow into the next generation of readers.
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  • Newsgathering power.
  • Monopoly status.
  • So how do newspapers fit into this dynamic cosmos? Nicely, I'd say. Consider just a few unique competitive advantages that newspapers (still) enjoy:
  • Localism.
  • The best customers.
  • Lots of attention.
  • Brand-name recognition.
  • Historic profitability.
  • Jenna Peterfeso on 15 Sep 13
     
    An optimistic article about the future of newspapers, including a list of competitive advantages that the newspaper industry still has. 
Andrew VanNess

Dynamic Competition in the Newspaper Industry - 1 views

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Competition History Past Trusted_Source Radio Television Vs.

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  • Savanna Germain on 21 Sep 13
     
    This website talks about the competition newspapers have been facing throughout history. It also discusses todays challenges the newspaper industry is facing.
  • Andrew VanNess on 10 Oct 13
     
    This is a TRUSTED SOURCE (The U.S. Department of Justice) describing the challenges that the newspaper industry has faced throughout history, such as the invention of radio and television.
Savanna Germain

Newspaper Preservation Act : SAGE Knowledge - 0 views

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Newspaper Preservation Act

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  • In theory, these agreements permit competition in a newspaper market by saving the weaker paper.
  • Savanna Germain on 20 Sep 13
     
    This is another website that talks a little bit more about the Newspaper Preservation Act and its purpose. It also talks about how it promotes competition and keeps failing newspapers alive.
Savanna Germain

Newspapers' last and best hope: the internet - 0 views

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Newspaper best hope internet

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  • Savanna Germain on 14 Sep 13
     
    This website talks about how the newspaper industry needs to start reinventing itself in order to stay in competition with other industries. It suggests that embracing the internet will be more beneficial rather than fighting it. It also talks about past industries that have contributed to the decline in newspapers (TV Broadcasting).
Jenna Peterfeso

Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon - Washington Post - 1 views

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Jeff Bezos Amazon Graham future

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  • Bezos, whose entrepreneurship has made him one of the world’s richest men, will pay $250 million in cash for The Post and affiliated publications to The Washington Post Co., which owns the newspaper and other businesses.
  • The rise of the Internet and the epochal change from print to digital technology have created a massive wave of competition for traditional news companies, scattering readers and advertisers across a radically altered news and information landscape and triggering mergers, bankruptcies and consolidation among the owners of print and broadcasting properties.
  • will take the company private, meaning he will not have to report quarterly earnings to shareholders or be subjected to investors’ demands for ever-rising profits,
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  • Indeed, Bezos’s history of patient investment and long-term strategic thinking made him an attractive buyer, Weymouth said.
  • As such, he will be able to experiment with the paper without the pressure of showing an immediate return on any investment
  • “I don’t want to imply that I have a worked-out plan,” he said. “This will be uncharted terrain, and it will require experimentation.”
  • Jenna Peterfeso on 15 Sep 13
     
    Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has agreed to buy The Washington post for $250 million cash. Includes the Grahm family's feelings toward the deal and what made Bezo's an attractive buyer.
Jenna Peterfeso

Newspaper Business Model: Unsustainable in Any Form | Adweek - 0 views

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newspaper business business model model Online Future

shared by Jenna Peterfeso on 16 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Most media gurus agree that the paper-and-ink newspaper is on the decline and will eventually become a relic.
  • If a market for news content still exists, it’s believed, newspaper organizations will just have to adapt their methods of delivery.
  • The rationale: people have to get their news from somewhere, right?
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  • The newspaper business model is simply not flexible enough to undergo such a dramatic transformation—especially given the increasingly competitive online news industry.
  • Jenna Peterfeso on 16 Sep 13
     
    An article by Jeff Mascot who believes there is no possible way for the newspaper industry to survive. 
Andrew VanNess

Newspaper Advertising Vs. Radio Advertising - 0 views

www.publishers-edge.com/...Paper_vs_Radio.htm

Newspaper Vs. Radio Advertising Ads Advertisement Current Present

shared by Andrew VanNess on 10 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Andrew VanNess on 10 Oct 13
     
    Another article describing the competition between the radio and the newspaper industries. This article shows how radio took on advertisement methods from the newspaper to further its industry.
Andrew VanNess

Radio Vs. Newspaper: Different Boats-Different Fates - 1 views

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Rivalry Radio Vs. Newspaper Internet Digital_Era Current Present

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  • Andrew VanNess on 10 Oct 13
     
    This is an article describing the competition between the newspaper and radio industries in current times. Basically, the author believes that newspaper doesn't stand a chance with other industries with the rise of the internet and the digital era.
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