Comments on: Now is a Great Time to Be a Media Maker http://powazek.com/posts/1889 It's pronounced poe-WAH-zek. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Destination Infinity http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-5048 Destination Infinity Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:53:52 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-5048 A great article. Written with a lot of passion. And thanks for the link to MagCloud, it seems a very interesting and a novel idea! Destination Infinity A great article. Written with a lot of passion. And thanks for the link to MagCloud, it seems a very interesting and a novel idea!

Destination Infinity

]]> By: Kathryn http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-5004 Kathryn Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:40:26 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-5004 Really great thoughts here. Some of these thoughts are things I've heard from others but the point about ads today is not something I'd thought much about it and it is definitely another added benefit of the changes that have taken place in media making. Really great thoughts here. Some of these thoughts are things I’ve heard from others but the point about ads today is not something I’d thought much about it and it is definitely another added benefit of the changes that have taken place in media making.

]]> By: David Cohn http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-5002 David Cohn Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:17:53 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-5002 True, true and true. "What is bad for newspapers might be good for the world." True, true and true.

“What is bad for newspapers might be good for the world.”

]]> By: Jon T http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-5001 Jon T Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:47:19 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-5001 There has never been a better time to be making media, yes. But is now a great time for making money from it? I don't think so. It's the same as the music business - sure, everyone can make a record in their basement, but how many people buy cd's anymore. "The difference is that now, all these networked tools make it easier than ever to find advertisers and take their money. If you’re not using those tools, that’s on you." The complaint I hear over and over again is that internet ads on the sites of major papers do not nearly make up for lost print ad revenue. I think newspapers really just can't compete. I think it's over for them, barring some model whereby they become non-profits and receive endowments. So yeah - we don't need 'em. Which was pretty much your point anyway. There has never been a better time to be making media, yes. But is now a great time for making money from it? I don’t think so. It’s the same as the music business – sure, everyone can make a record in their basement, but how many people buy cd’s anymore.

“The difference is that now, all these networked tools make it easier than ever to find advertisers and take their money. If you’re not using those tools, that’s on you.”

The complaint I hear over and over again is that internet ads on the sites of major papers do not nearly make up for lost print ad revenue.

I think newspapers really just can’t compete. I think it’s over for them, barring some model whereby they become non-profits and receive endowments. So yeah – we don’t need ‘em. Which was pretty much your point anyway.

]]> By: Dave Rau http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-4996 Dave Rau Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:37:26 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-4996 Derek this was a great read and sparked some good thoughts. I was just chatting about craigslist the other day, they have a lot of standards to catch up on in terms of interface, search and connectivity. The craigslist community can keep their bare bones aesthetic, but with more readable typography and a cleaner layout! Why doesn't the nytimes or other big papers see this and create some healthy competition? Also, Resist Today wants to create a magazine, but I was holding out until more paper stocks were available; are there any plans soon? Or has that already happened and I'm in the dark? Derek this was a great read and sparked some good thoughts. I was just chatting about craigslist the other day, they have a lot of standards to catch up on in terms of interface, search and connectivity. The craigslist community can keep their bare bones aesthetic, but with more readable typography and a cleaner layout! Why doesn’t the nytimes or other big papers see this and create some healthy competition?

Also, Resist Today wants to create a magazine, but I was holding out until more paper stocks were available; are there any plans soon? Or has that already happened and I’m in the dark?

]]> By: Carole McCabe-Joy http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-4995 Carole McCabe-Joy Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:13:07 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-4995 I really enjoyed this article, especially since I do both! Write for the blog and also for a print magazine. All of this makes sense. Thanks! I really enjoyed this article, especially since I do both! Write for the blog and also for a print magazine. All of this makes sense.

Thanks!

]]> By: David Horn http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-4994 David Horn Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:33:19 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-4994 Great post - thank you. People and institutions with power will always fight to hold on to it until the bitter end. It's very rare that a large organisation will be able to see what's coming, ditch an existing model - before it's defunct, and embrace a new one. The newspapers are no different. We're just fortunate to be involved at this time ... but whether we'll be any different when we're the dinosaurs, who can say. Great post – thank you. People and institutions with power will always fight to hold on to it until the bitter end. It’s very rare that a large organisation will be able to see what’s coming, ditch an existing model – before it’s defunct, and embrace a new one. The newspapers are no different. We’re just fortunate to be involved at this time … but whether we’ll be any different when we’re the dinosaurs, who can say.

]]> By: David Hedges http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-4983 David Hedges Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:35:52 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-4983 I found your trip down memory lane a hoot. In the mid-'50s, I edited an off-campus humor magazine at a West Coast university. In the early '70s I was associate editor of a metropolitan tabloid aimed at Big Oil, nuclear power, and similar atrocities. I learned to fly by the seat of my pants. I became a damn good ad salesman/layout artist/page composer, etc. But I'm not some old fart sitting in a rocking chair, watching the world go by. I have embraced the net, and view it as the sword that will bring down the remaining Lords of Yesterday (google it). I have started a movement to decommission The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River and restore the centuries-old Indian fishery at Celilo Falls ~ an impossibility if I depended on the main$tream media, but a growing likelihood, in time, by reaching out globally, and touching others who want to save what's left of planet Earth. I found your trip down memory lane a hoot. In the mid-’50s, I edited an off-campus humor magazine at a West Coast university. In the early ’70s I was associate editor of a metropolitan tabloid aimed at Big Oil, nuclear power, and similar atrocities. I learned to fly by the seat of my pants. I became a damn good ad salesman/layout artist/page composer, etc. But I’m not some old fart sitting in a rocking chair, watching the world go by. I have embraced the net, and view it as the sword that will bring down the remaining Lords of Yesterday (google it). I have started a movement to decommission The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River and restore the centuries-old Indian fishery at Celilo Falls ~ an impossibility if I depended on the main$tream media, but a growing likelihood, in time, by reaching out globally, and touching others who want to save what’s left of planet Earth.

]]> By: myla http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-4981 myla Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:05:39 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-4981 What do you think we’re all doing all day on computers? The entire post was fantastic, but that line: BRILLIANT. What do you think we’re all doing all day on computers?
The entire post was fantastic, but that line: BRILLIANT.

]]> By: Sameet http://powazek.com/posts/1889/comment-page-1#comment-4980 Sameet Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:58:47 +0000 http://powazek.com/?p=1889#comment-4980 Nicely done! Technology meets natural selection; adaptation equals fitness for survival. Nicely done! Technology meets natural selection; adaptation equals fitness for survival.

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