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The Fate of The Free Newspaper
jm92956n writes "We've all become accustomed to the wide availability of newspapers and other media online, almost all of which is available for free. Today, however, The New York Times (free registration required; how ironic!) is running an article that questions the long term viability of that business model. Interestingly, the Times now has more online readers than print readers. Is the era of free news content about to end?"
>> Is the era of free news content about to end?
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Are you saying that having no source of revenue is a poor buisness model? Whell now you tell me, thats just great.
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Yeah, but try housebreaking your puppy on the Beeb.
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This was good, but you forgot to credit the writer and give the title of the article.
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You ever tried to swat your dog with a desktop or laptop computer?
It kills trees.
Laws are for people with no friends.
Flat rate for a lot of stuff would appeal to a lot of people a whole lot more.
This would be possible if only one or two media companies owned everything. Too bad things aren't going that direction...
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
he weight. The portability. The convenience.
Exactly. Not to mention the other uses.
Have you ever used a laptop to line a bird cage? The keys get sticky.
Or house train a dog? You can really injure a puppy if you discipline it using the online version of NYT on your full-tower box.
Although some laptops seem to run hot enough to start fires, using a "paper" newspaper is a much better idea for a fireplace.
Paper gives you much better blanket coverage when sleeping on the subway. Chances are that if a bum has a laptop, he won't be needing to sleep on the subway anyway. It's also much harder to discreetly spy/follow somebody on the street if you're trying to walk around holding a laptop in front of your face.
Paper newspapers will never go away.
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It kills trees.
It has been many years since any newspapers were made from "trees". It costs way to much to much produce.
Newspapers of today are made from herbaceous plants.
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Alot of people actually pay for papers just for the ads. I often buy the Sunday paper just for the supermarket flyers and department store ads.
I register on websites just for the spam.
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Cost of gathering the newspapers at the curb, transporting to the sorting facility, sorting, storage, then extra processing to remove old ink.
Aren't those same costs there, except curbside collection, when trees are cut down to make the paper? Then what about after hillsides are clearcut? The trees help retain water and the roots of trees help the soil stay in place. Mudslides are very possible after the clearcutting of hills. Streams, creeks, and rivers have sediment build up thus causing more problems.
Most of it goes to making toilet paper.....
As much as I can I buy recycled, pre and post consumer, paper. Even the paper for my printer has post consumer recycled content. Actually I'd rather use hemp paper, however hemp posed a potential treat to many rich and powerful people so they made sure it was made illegal. Amoung them was DuPont, William Randolph Hearst, and Andrew Mellon. Then there was also Rockefeller and Rothschild.
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