Updated: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 7:00 PM--Scroll Down (Prop 8)CRAIGSLIST FOUNDER HAS SOME ADVICE FOR NEWSPAPERS
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, was interviewed by the LA TIMES recently and gave what we consider to be some pretty good advice.
We think Newmark is especially on target when he talks about the importance of "hyper-local" newspapers (think almost daily Daily Pilot) and also when he muses about hyper-local newspapers and blogs (think, ahem, even if we do say so ourselves: CM PRESS) being "community organizers."
Read the whole interview here.
And, speaking of the LA TIMES, we know it's having problems, like most newspapers these days, but we're starting to see more and more in the Times and on its website that we find interesting and quotable. We think the Times is adapting.
Unfortunately, we can't say as much about the OC REGISTER.
Lousy editorial decisions, stale content, poor quality of some of the writing (and the thinking that should precede the writing), the cluttered website, the constant sophomoric slogging of "freedom" and the Reg's brand of libertarianism via knee-jerk, predictable opinions by low I.Q. types, may all culminate in the death of the Reg if changes aren't made over there on Grand Ave.
Come on Reg, ADAPT! Freshen things up. You can't bore people into reading your newspaper.
We know you're making some small tentative changes over there, Reg, but time is working against you. Get some extra caffeine in your coffee and move faster. Zell's Angels are itching for a rumble.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
