Wired Web Killing Newspapers? Ha!
"Wall Street is getting the news. Six months into the 21st century that was meant to toll the death knell for newspapers, the word is: Don't shoot the messengers, yet.

All major U.S. newspaper publishers, except one, have reported stronger earnings for the second quarter, confounding financial experts who predicted "daily rags" wouldn't even survive the challenge of radio and television, let alone the ubiquitous Internet."

"John Sturm, president and chief executive officer of the Newspaper Association of America, which represents some 2,000 newspapers in North America, said: "The overall message is that business is really good ... and the attitude out there is that this will be another good year.

"The Internet has not been much of an issue to date," he said, adding that most top U.S. dailies now have their own news sites, which attract a loyal readership because of the newspaper's standing in their local community."

redux [06.13.00]
Freedom Forum Web news scores above print, broadcast on credibility
"The most-credible Internet news sources are Web sites run by network or cable TV outlets or national newspapers, according to a new survey. Such well-known Internet names as America Online, Netscape and Yahoo! ranked higher on credibility than lesser-known sites."

"Among news media, continuing a trend, the Pew poll found key segments of the nation's news audience, particularly younger and better-educated Americans and those seeking financial information, are turning increasingly to the Internet."

""Increasingly, news organizations that are going to be successful have to offer news on a 24-hour basis..."

The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Investors Now Go Online for Quotes, Advice
"Traditional news outlets are feeling the impact of two distinct and powerful trends. Internet news has not only arrived, it is attracting key segments of the national audience. At the same time, growing numbers of Americans are losing the news habit. Fewer people say they enjoy following the news, and fully half pay attention to national news only when something important is happening. And more Americans than ever say they watch the news with a remote control in hand, ready to dispatch uninteresting stories. To some extent, these trends are affecting all traditional media, but broadcast news outlets -- both national and local -- have been the most adversely affected. "

redux [04.20.00]
Editor and Publisher Online Newspaper Sites Must Adjust To Life Without 'Editions'
"An online news site is more akin to a wire service than a printed publication, because it can (and should) publish news on around-the-clock basis. While the notion of "editions" still prevails at many news sites, the trend is more toward a constant publishing cycle, where news is published whenever it breaks.

Newspaper Web sites are in a period of transition, as more and more of them move into publishing news throughout the day instead of posting stories at specified times. While the idea of publishing Web "editions" is a comfortable one for a newspaper company, editions are really counter to the nature of the Internet publishing medium. Ideally, a news Web site will publish news without a set schedule."

The Washinton Post On Web, Newspapers Never Sleep
"As the journalistic precincts of cyberspace turn increasingly competitive, newspapers are transforming themselves into 24-hour news machines, in part by asking their print reporters to do double duty. The result has altered a tradition-encrusted newsroom environment that has never had to deal with round-the-clock deadlines."

""You're building a relationship with a new generation of young people for whom newsprint holds no magical qualities," said Ken Paulson, executive director of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University."

The Round Table Group Young Adults Most Often Get Info From Net - Study
"Young adults say the Internet, not newspapers or television, is their number one source of information, a Round Table Group survey has found.

Fifty-nine percent of Internet users in the 18- to 24-year-old age group say that their household gets more "useful information" from the Net than from newspapers; 53 percent say they receive more information from the Internet than from TV.

Fully 84 percent say that their household is more likely to use the Internet to find useful information than to go to the public library. For specific questions, 68 percent are more inclined to consult the Internet than turn to a newspaper and 67 percent are more likely to go to the Net than rely on television. "

Online Journalism Review What the Pulitzers Missed: What makes a Newspaper a Newspaper? Welcome to the 21st Century, Joseph Pulitzer, where ya been?
"In the wake of this year's Pulitzer awards and the various complaints and gripes about who should have been recognized, we would like to suggest a dig deeper into the psyche of the Pulitzer policy: the question of why online news publications were not allowed to submit applications. The answer, according to the rules of the Pulitzer committee, is that only "newspapers" may apply."

"...what makes a newspaper? It's daily, it's printable, it's news, commentary and reporting and is, ostensibly, read by someone. Merriam Webster defines a newspaper as "paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising.""

redux [02.02.00]
First Monday Interactive Features of Online Papers
"According to McAdams, who helped create the Washington Post's online service, "A journalist with little online experience tends to think in terms of stories, news value, public service and things that are good to read, but a person with a lot of online experience thinks more about connection, organization, movement within and among sets of information and communication among different people". Journalists today must choose. As gatekeepers they can transfer lots of information, or they can make users a smarter, more active and questioning audience for news events and issues. Making users smarter means involving them in a collaborative experience; i.e. interaction ”