Comments on: Boston without the Globe and on Covering Itself http://dodgeretort.com/general/boston-without-the-globe-and-covering-itself Tech, Media and other interesting stuff Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:56:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Brian Fuller http://dodgeretort.com/general/boston-without-the-globe-and-covering-itself/comment-page-1#comment-129 Brian Fuller Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:31:22 +0000 http://dodgeretort.com/?p=542#comment-129 There's so much that newspapers can still do to get their overhead under control and optimize what they publish, but their cultures are worse than entrenched, worse than stodgy. They're clueless. And now they're simply paralyzed by their own fear. It's sad on the one hand; pathetic on the other. Why not try customization? The idea is not new. Technology could enable a certain amount of customized print editions (more sophisticated than the regional editions that have been around for 30 years). I want more sports; less TV coverage. More Beacon Hill; less Capitol Hill. Separately, your point about watching government every day is soooo spot on. And the funny thing is, like companies in the B:B space who don't want to see their publications die off, politicians (most of them) will be the first to worry about the death of pubs like The Globe because they know what they'll do without it! Keep up the great posts, John. There’s so much that newspapers can still do to get their overhead under control and optimize what they publish, but their cultures are worse than entrenched, worse than stodgy. They’re clueless. And now they’re simply paralyzed by their own fear. It’s sad on the one hand; pathetic on the other.
Why not try customization? The idea is not new. Technology could enable a certain amount of customized print editions (more sophisticated than the regional editions that have been around for 30 years). I want more sports; less TV coverage. More Beacon Hill; less Capitol Hill.
Separately, your point about watching government every day is soooo spot on. And the funny thing is, like companies in the B:B space who don’t want to see their publications die off, politicians (most of them) will be the first to worry about the death of pubs like The Globe because they know what they’ll do without it!

Keep up the great posts, John.

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