A Caffeinated Op-Ed
Today I want to question the Washington Post. Specifically, I want to know why it bothers searching for subscribers, and indeed, printing its newspaper every day. It seems to me, more and more, that the Post wants to get rid of subscribers and concentrate on giving away its content for free.
I often visit [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington Post’
Why bother with print?
Posted in Print media, tagged print vs online, Washington Post, Washingtonpost.com on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How Newspapers Are Killing Themselves
Posted in Print media, tagged changes in, changes in newspapers, death of newspapers, future of print, newspaper, Washington Post on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We can dub it newspaper suicide when newspapers do things that are guaranteed to reduce subscription rates, and I don’t mean by endorsing an unpopular candidate or showing bias on their pages. It is by cannibalizing their own print readers.
Let me give you a case in point about my local newspaper, the fabled Washington Post. [...]
