http://www.workforceinstitute.org/blog/are-newspapers-a-thing-of-the-past/ The Workforce Institute Helps Empower Organizations to Address Human Capital Management Issues Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:38:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.workforceinstitute.org/blog/are-newspapers-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Bill MacKay Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:11:52 +0000 http://www.workforceinstitute.org/?p=910#comment-493 It feels to me that the newspapers missed their opportunity to develop a pay model on the internet that would have helped to sustain them. While the web offer instant flash updates the paper responded by putting their content for free. What the papers should have done was recognize that their strength is providing in depth stories and charging for that. Beating the blogs to the story isn't their strength. It feels to me that the newspapers missed their opportunity to develop a pay model on the internet that would have helped to sustain them. While the web offer instant flash updates the paper responded by putting their content for free. What the papers should have done was recognize that their strength is providing in depth stories and charging for that. Beating the blogs to the story isn’t their strength.

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