Newspapers Betting On The Past May Find Themselves In Trouble In The Future | Techdirt

Newspapers Betting On The Past May Find Themselves In Trouble In The Future One of the "examples" held up by newspaper folks, who think that charging online is the answer, is the "success" of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. However, Jay Rosen points us to Mark Potts excellent analysis of what's happening at the Democrat-Gazette and the conclusion is that the "success" is a lot more questionable tha

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Mike Masnick:"But the key point is that the paper is betting on print -- not the web. The business model isn't driving significant new web revenue, it's trying to cling to the past as long as possible."