New York Times braces for big change

Politico ^ | 6/28/16 | JOE POMPEO

[Lockbox]

This summer, The New York Times is ushering in a transformation more radical than it has seen in almost half a century, perhaps since the great Abe Rosenthal overhaul of the 1970s, which created the wide-ranging, multi-section Times we know today.

Back then, the Times was grappling with economic headwinds and the rise of TV. Now the Times—like all newspapers—is grappling with economic headwinds and the rise of the smartphone, and its future is on the line once again.

[Lockbox]

I could write a long narrative about the Free Press and their role under our constitution. But since the NY Times never followed the role of government watch dog and instead became a cheer leader for the Libs, I only have one thing the write.......

Choke on it A$$holes!

[Steely Tom]

Change is good, right NYT?

[Jim Noble]

I could write a long narrative about the Free Press and their role under our constitution

Where does the Constitution assign a role to the "free press"?

[KC_Conspirator]

...the most robust print edition can’t make enough money to sustain an army of 1,300 journalists. Layoffs and buyouts have been a familiar reality since 2008—when the economic downturn forced the Times’ newsroom into a mass culling (100 positions) for the first time—even though the creation of new positions has kept the overall headcount mostly flat.

I could not care less about their pain.

[Joe Boucher]

Newspapers like T.V. and Radio are in bidness to do one thing, Make money.
They all can say it is for the public good or other such nonsense. That would be crappola. They are there to make a profit.
They do such by selling Adds.
These old info sources are losing revenue to online everything.
They have not figured out how to stop the bleeding and it would not be by charging customers to read their crude. Like the N.Y. Times has been trying. Try making the paper or network worth paying attention to.

[Don Hernando de Las Casas]

for later

[IronJack]

In other news, the White Star Line announced today that it was completely redesigning the interior appointments of its flagship, RMS Titanic. And Hanson Buggies released the first daguerrotypes of its exciting new line of two-horse surreys.

[SoFloFreeper]

It’ll be great if and when the old gray hag dies. I would love to see the HQ abandoned and taken over either by Samaritan’s Purse or Redeemer Presbyterian.

[P.O.E.]

Even selling ads is a problem. The old model of building brand loyalty, etc. is passé. Now it’s either cheap crap from Walmart or some hipster cache that’s important, and that is very ephemeral.

[Lockbox]

Bill of Rights

[DakotaGator]

Article was all about techniques and mechanics of content delivery. Not one word about unbiased reporting, let alone unabashed advocacy of liberal/democrat/socialist/communist goals being passed as “news”.

So no matter how electronically glitzy the New York Times may become, it will still only be suitable for putting the stink on fish.

[bigbob]

The role hasn’t changed. But when news content delivery required a tangible stack of paper, everyone accepted that you had to pay for it. In the digital age, people expect it to be free.

[upchuck]

Bump. My thoughts exactly.

[Redwood71]

They’re making the change because their subscriptions are down and this way they can lay off employees and cut their costs while trying to make it look like they are getting better. Truth is they have put their foot in their mouths so many times over the past 20 years that they’ve lost their journalistic integrity in the eyes of the public. In other words, they’ve been caught lying and nobody believes them anymore. This, also, goes for their sister paper owned and published by the same people, the Boston Globe.

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[FewsOrange]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[Jim Noble]

The First Amendment says, “Congress shall make no law...abridging...the freedom of the press...”

This limits the powers of Congress to legislate. It does not “assign a role” to the press. In fact, if the press would FOAD the constitution would remain unchanged.

One of the REASONS the press has become so powerful is the false belief that they are supposed to play some special role on behalf of the People, in opposition to the powers that be. This is, and always has been, completely false.

Now that the press is choking on their own lies, rather than advocating for their “special role assigned by the constitution”, which does not exist, it seems best to let nature take its course.

[Jim Noble]

Right, so Congress may not abridge (by passing laws, anyway) something called the “freedom of the press”.

How does this “assign a role” to the press in our constitutional system?

[moovova]

I love a well-written obituary.

[Vigilanteman]

They are going to distinguish themselves by practicing actual journalism?

[Buckeye McFrog]

The Philly Inquirer is now being run by a NONPROFIT.

That’s the scam they have in mind for us. Make newspapers a “nonprofit public trust” and then start subsidizing them.