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Comment on Journalists are humans, too by admin

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:35:14 +0000

I remember it well, Athol. A bloody shocker, it was. Even the barmaid at the Pig’s Bollix, in WInton, was miffed at your treatment. Remember? It was happy hour and you were on your third jug of Lion Brown, waving a cold pie and the Western Leader at anyone who’d listen, yelling like one thing. In a moment of clarity you conjured the ladder story, which has stayed with me ever since. Bless you.

Comment on Journalists are humans, too by Athol

Athol — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:46:59 +0000

Richard, this is excellent advice. I was interviewed once by the Western Leader, and I know what its like to be on the receiving end of a sharp pen. Well done. I like your style. If you would like copies of the Western leader article, these can be faxed. Athol.

Comment on Making news pay by admin

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:56:07 +0000

PR self-interest aside, I want to see news publishers prosper. People, communities, businesses, society, New Zealand, need their stories told. The thought of leaving it to the twitterers and pyjama wearing bloggers and various other propeller heads, who think tools trump telling, makes me ill (occasionally I make myself sick).

Comment on Making news pay by Barry Colman

Barry Colman — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:15:24 +0000

I can’t for the life of me understand why everyone is so quick to condemn our subscription online service. Why would anyone waste time with this almost universally negative wave of speculation? Why is everyone so upset about us beginning to charge for some content? Do they believe they will be harmed by it themselves? Isn’t it us that has the loss to bear? Aren’t we the ones taking the risk? The whole point of our exercise is to end the speculation by launching the new service and not just talk on and on about the financial challenges facing newsrooms everywhere. What happens will be what happens. No one is going to die if it fails. Lauching new products is what happens in business all the time. This is business as normal. WHAT IF IT WORKS? I guarantee the blogs will be flooded with commentators claiming they knew all along it was great idea and was destined for success. Meanwhile the sun will rise in the morning and all predictions will be proved wrong, particularly the ones about the future. While the proof will be in the pudding may be 12 months from now, I can report that incomes from advertising and the new subscriber sign ups pushed our little business site into the black…three days after it went live. I have a feeling we’re on the right track and that businesses WILL pay for useful information, so far they are. Time will tell. best wishes

Comment on Into the Twittersphere! by Peter

Peter — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:02:27 +0000

Hilarious

Comment on Journalists are humans, too by Emma

Emma — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:03:43 +0000

OMG Richard how did you get that picture of me?!

Good post.