Sign Of The Times

Xark writes a list about how newspapers are not keeping up with their audience.

10. Finally: Newspaper companies hate modern journalism. Yes, that’s an enormously over-broad tarbrush, but this is a message I want to deliver via 2×4: Newspapers companies will not survive the transition to the multimedia future so long as the people within those companies oppose the rules, conventions and culture of that future. You’ll never successfully reinvent your company if you’re punishing the innovators, killing the messengers, rewarding the political infighters and sneering down your noses at the “pajamas-clad rabble” you blame for your troubles.

There are nine more. Go get ‘em.

Posted by newscoma on Oct 10th, 2008 and is filed under News, Newspapers.

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  1. the newspaper business » Blog Archive » Ten Reasons Why Newspapers Won’t Reinvent News says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    [...] Thanks Newcoma. 10. Finally: Newspaper companies hate modern journalism. Yes, that’s an enormously over-broad tarbrush, but this is a message I want to deliver via 2×4: Newspapers companies will not survive the transition to the multimedia future so long as the people within those companies oppose the rules, conventions and culture of that future. You’ll never successfully reinvent your company if you’re punishing the innovators, killing the messengers, rewarding the political infighters and sneering down your noses at the “pajamas-clad rabble” you blame for your troubles. [...]