Comments for Australian Newspapers

Comment on PANPA website overhauled by Brett Taylor

Brett Taylor — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:41:58 +0000

Hi Michael,

Nice blog you have here, thanks for the link. I hope it proves to be a valuable resource for you. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts in a few weeks time as we really get it rolling.

Comment on Surviving the recession by Media job cuts

Media job cuts — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:24:25 +0000

[...] times are bad you should closely examine all your costs and look at what you can do [...]

Comment on Feeling dissatisfied by Michael

Michael — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:17:19 +0000

I haven’t struck a shocker like that issue in the past few weeks.

Maybe it was a case of settling things down under a new editor during a period of industrial unrest.

Comment on Feeling dissatisfied by David Pearn

David Pearn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:57:01 +0000

Melbourne does not own and therefore cannot improve the quality of its newspaper because it is owned by Fairfax in Sydney which began asset-stripping the Age newspaper as soon as it took it over. Its best journalists were forced to move to Sydney or leave and it has never recovered.
A simple comparison of the SMH and AGE newspapers will reveal almost NO Melbourne content in the SMH but around 50% Sydney content in The Age.
The Herald/Sun newspaper is on the same slippery path to “SYDNEYCATION”
Its sad to see a city of substance being subsumed by a city of flash and trash.

Comment on What will replace newspapers? by Alistair

Alistair — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:26:21 +0000

I still can’t see how newspapers will make enough money online to maintain the publishing apparatus.

Comment on What will replace newspapers? by Michael

Michael — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:28:23 +0000

Hi Bronwen, visit here.

Comment on What will replace newspapers? by Bronwen

Bronwen — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:14:47 +0000

Interesting stuff, do you have a link to the original article?
Thanks
Bronwen

Comment on The importance of the front page by Michael

Michael — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:14:04 +0000

I don’t think we (editors) make a big enough effort to appeal to young readers.

Comment on The importance of the front page by Shane

Shane — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:08:12 +0000

Very interesting observation Michael. The story relating to your smallest market selling the most papers. Figure that.

Comment on Newspapers Today by Shane

Shane — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:45:20 +0000

I wouldn’t be so bold to say print media is being given up.
I use the internet for news, blogs, rss etc, but I still love the printed form, the newspaper.
Perhaps the generation that is now under 20 and have not grown up on the newspaper dependent society, will naturally allow the printed media to die.
And even then, they still love their music mags etc in the flesh, rather than online.
A bit to do with ownership - you can own the latest mag in print, as happens with music. It’s not the same joy to just download the mp3.
Shane