Comments on: Why Rail Info and the New York Times should indeed be free

By: Openbaar Vervoer update at Alper.nl

Openbaar Vervoer update at Alper.nl — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:11:52 +0000

[...] James Governor is het met me eens dat de gegevens voor reisinformatie op het spoor (en in hun geval ook de applicatie) gratis zouden moeten zijn en dat de vervoersaanbieders buitengewoon waardevolle gebruiksstatistieken krijgen van deze applicaties. [...]

By: digforleadership.com

digforleadership.com — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:50:44 +0000

Newsrooms are decimated. Research is a dirty word. Half the time a reporter hasn’t Googled an issue before writing…

Invest in journalists and I will invest in journalism. Its pretty simple, really….

By: James Governor

James Governor — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:23:36 +0000

Peter- maybe i didn’t see the rise of the press release story, but i certainly saw the fall of the well-researched “off diary” piece.

I pay a regular fee for music downloads every month. i also buy papers at the weekend. i will pay for journalism.

john simonds- oh i know a lot of people watch FOX News. its still not the most impressive journalism. even without the political stance i disagree with, i hate the dumbing down of news to stories about pets, rescues, dirty mattress resellers and so on.

By: RichardLeBer

RichardLeBer — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:16:12 +0000

Interesting article about the fate of journalism: “Invest in journalists and I will invest in journalism” http://bit.ly/14HRBV

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By: Peter Sigrist

Peter Sigrist — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:29:47 +0000

James – I think you could use the same argument you do – that customers want better journalism – and use it to make a killer case for consumers paying for it. This conflict – better journalism vs. cheaper/free information – goes to the heart of the issue.

And you’d need to pretty old to have witnessed the rise of the press release story, sadly

@psigrist

By: john simonds

john simonds — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:52:03 +0000

someone is watching fox. 9 of top 10 cable shows are on FNC….for the record, i watch many of them to get all sides of the story, then piece together what’s actual.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/q1_2009_ratings_fnc_tops_cnn_and_msnbc_combined_in_prime_time_total_viewers_112876.asp

By: hackneye

hackneye — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:51:46 +0000

2 looks at fee v. free model wrt rail info iPhone app and New York Times journalism: http://bit.ly/jkUeI versus http://bit.ly/1qKBaz

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By: monkchips

monkchips — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:34:58 +0000

wow. second post today Why Rail Information and the New York Times should indeed Be Free http://bit.ly/DD8XB

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