Doc Searls: How to Save Newspapers

Posted by Sebastien on the 2007/03/26 at 02:27
in Blogs, Citizen Journalism, Doc Searls, Newspapers, Strategy, Tim O'Reilly -

Today, the blogosphere is aflame with comments around the future of newspapers following this posting by Tim O’Reilly re: some possible financial problems at the SF Chronicle. Many are again saying newspapers are dead but I think the best reply so far has been this posting from Doc Searls on “How to save Newspapers”. He offers 10 suggestions:

  1. Stop giving away the news and charging for the olds. Okay, give away the news, if you have to, on your website. There’s advertising money there. But please, open up the archives.<