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The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election

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Re: The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election

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Post by Alex3917 »

tptacek wrote: post #17
dredmorbius wrote: post #7

Another discussion I'd like to see come out of this election: the idea of information as a public good. http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/Papers/japan/japan.h... Neither the advertising nor the paywall/subscription models are serving to either provide the public with information, or to foster quality and relevant information. Both are in fact the problem. Addressing an open-access model, with a tax-based compen…

How is this not a suggestion that we nationalize the media?

The media is already effectively nationalized. What's needed are policies to end corporate influence.

When you have every newspaper, radio channel, and TV station owned by the same four or five companies who are running them as loss leaders to start wars and sell weapons, that's a major problem.

Re: The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election

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Post by knz »

javiramos wrote: post #19

I feel that NYTimes is the only news organization that has been able to transition to the Digital Era. Does anyone else know of any other old-school news organization that nicely transitioned to the Digital Era?

NPR (http://www.npr.org/) seems to be doing ok - they have a good mix of online reporting, audio from radio reporting, special features for events such as the election, and a number of successful podcasts associated with their various shows.

Re: The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election

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Post by ekianjo »

Alex3917 wrote: post #21
tptacek wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is this not a suggestion that we nationalize the media?

The media is already effectively nationalized. What's needed are policies to end corporate influence. When you have every newspaper, radio channel, and TV station owned by the same four or five companies who are running them as loss leaders to start wars and sell weapons, that's a major problem.

Politicians are the ultimate decision makers when it comes to weapons and war. You cant fix the problem by focusing only on media.

Re: The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election

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Post by johnnyb9 »

donohoe wrote: post #14
Salamat wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is that generous when it is very convenient and opportunistic for NYTimes propaganda efforts for their candidate?

"propaganda efforts for their candidate" You're confusing their Opinion section with their news coverage. Completely separate groups with no overlap. Though I don't blame you for not knowing. Its not obvious - and thats a problem. This is your 2nd time posting the same comment?

Well the restrictions being lifted apply to both the news coverage and opinion section, don't they?

Re: The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election

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Post by chakalakasp »

knz wrote: post #22
javiramos wrote: post #19

I feel that NYTimes is the only news organization that has been able to transition to the Digital Era. Does anyone else know of any other old-school news organization that nicely transitioned to the Digital Era?

NPR ( http://www.npr.org/ ) seems to be doing ok - they have a good mix of online reporting, audio from radio reporting, special features for events such as the election, and a number of successful podcasts associated with their various shows.

"Alexa, tell me the news"

Cue well-polished NPR briefing

Re: The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election

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Post by Others »

knz wrote: post #22
javiramos wrote: post #19

I feel that NYTimes is the only news organization that has been able to transition to the Digital Era. Does anyone else know of any other old-school news organization that nicely transitioned to the Digital Era?

NPR ( http://www.npr.org/ ) seems to be doing ok - they have a good mix of online reporting, audio from radio reporting, special features for events such as the election, and a number of successful podcasts associated with their various shows.

NPR is a non-profit that offers all of it's reporting for free. (Their income mostly comes from donors.) Their a bit of a special case since they're happy to lose money on their online offerings.

Re: The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election

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Post by freshyill »

javiramos wrote: post #19

I feel that NYTimes is the only news organization that has been able to transition to the Digital Era. Does anyone else know of any other old-school news organization that nicely transitioned to the Digital Era?

The Washington Post is definitely rivaling them. They're doing very well now and they've got some really big digital initiatives going on inside.

Re: The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

dariusm5 wrote: post #16

I lost all trust in the NYT after Wikileaks revealed how they sabotaged Bernie Sanders and acted as a PR agency for the Clinton campaign. http://observer.com/2016/10/wikileaks-new-york-times-propped... https://medium.com/@Starkweather/new-york-times-edited-berni... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bernie-sand...

I am genuinely curious about this. Do you have a better source handy?
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