Comments on: Changing Filters of Print Media?

By: Eastwood

Eastwood — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:41:34 +0000

Haha… diplomat? Sounds like a plan worth looking into

Great to hear from you again!

By: MZ

MZ — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:33:02 +0000

Hey Eastwood, Its Mori (Molly) from Byng. Wow you have your website up, it looks great. You’re gonna turn out to be an excellent diplomat and innovative thinker once you really get out there and rock the real world with your fresh ideas.

May the force be with you.

Mori

By: Eastwood

Eastwood — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:31:06 +0000

Thanks for your reply.

I guess if we see major layout changes in newspapers across the board, then that could potentially indicate changing relationships…etc. — just a wild speculation.

Enjoyed your live blogging from last night, btw.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:34:32 +0000

The main point of my article was mostly simply to point out that print journalism is not dead, and that there is still a market for print media without compromising the quality of content.

With regards to layout, I don’t think advertising was so much a concern as the combination of quality writing with an attractive layout. I’m not sure why you would assume a change in the relationship between advertising and the print news simply because of a layout change. The basic idea of a newspaper and its purpose hasn’t been compromised; if anything, from the examples given, the content seems to be more dynamic and relevant to the daily life of readers; furthermore, it doesn’t seem that the balance between advertising and journalism has really shifted with this particular newspaper example.

Of course, if advertising interests are driving the motivation of the print media, then we will most definitely see a shift in content – but that is already prevalent in television news and advertising. I don’t think we’re quite there yet with regards to print, if anything, the reverse seems to be the case…