Comments on: Is print dead? http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/is-print-dead/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:38:25 -0500 hourly 1 By: streetstylz http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/is-print-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-954239 streetstylz Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:17:07 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56133#comment-954239 Mobile codes can help revitalize 'static' printed media and create a exciting and interactive experience for the consumer. http://neoreader.com/42.html :) Mobile codes can help revitalize ’static’ printed media and create a exciting and interactive experience for the consumer.

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]]> By: Matsu http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/is-print-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-954196 Matsu Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:45:11 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=56133#comment-954196 Scott - I think you touched on the heart of the issue when you said, "the blogging community can be so myopic about their little world that they make such pronouncements, without any obvious understanding of the realities of other communities, other kinds of consumers." Yes! They are not fully considering nor do they understand the non-blogger, non-techno geek, average Joe (sorry, not Joe the Plumber). There is still a large sector of people, another community, that relies on the printed news, including newspaper and weekly news magazines. There is nothing wrong with that. bloggers shouldn't fear it any more than should people who read newspapers fear bloggers. A couple of months ago while I was attending a CIO convention I happened to be at the same lunch table as a VP from Google and one of the senior editors from a Seattle newspaper. The Seattle newspaper person was making the argument that Google should pay some kind of fee to subsidize the newspaper industry because the Internet is undermining that industry. I don't agree with that argument. I think that the market should dictate if or when an industry dies or needs to reinvent itself. I think that in the future the organized news organizations will continue to exist online more than in print, but there will still be a print edition of the local newspaper for a long time. And, there is nothing wrong with that. It's a good thing. Thanks for your post. Scott – I think you touched on the heart of the issue when you said, “the blogging community can be so myopic about their little world that they make such pronouncements, without any obvious understanding of the realities of other communities, other kinds of consumers.”

Yes! They are not fully considering nor do they understand the non-blogger, non-techno geek, average Joe (sorry, not Joe the Plumber). There is still a large sector of people, another community, that relies on the printed news, including newspaper and weekly news magazines. There is nothing wrong with that. bloggers shouldn’t fear it any more than should people who read newspapers fear bloggers.

A couple of months ago while I was attending a CIO convention I happened to be at the same lunch table as a VP from Google and one of the senior editors from a Seattle newspaper. The Seattle newspaper person was making the argument that Google should pay some kind of fee to subsidize the newspaper industry because the Internet is undermining that industry. I don’t agree with that argument. I think that the market should dictate if or when an industry dies or needs to reinvent itself.

I think that in the future the organized news organizations will continue to exist online more than in print, but there will still be a print edition of the local newspaper for a long time. And, there is nothing wrong with that. It’s a good thing.

Thanks for your post.

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