[LINK] Newspapers online

[Kim Holburn]

On 2010/Mar/30, at 2:50 PM, David Goldstein wrote:

> Quality newspapers - UK (Daily Telegraph, Times, Guardian,  
> Independent, FT), US (New York Times, Washington Post, WSJ),  
> Australia (Australian), Germany (Die Zeit, Frankfurter Zeitung),  
> France (Le Monde)... to begin. In the UK and Australia, well, that's  
> it... the other countries there are other newspapers one could add.

I didn't ask what newspapers you consider quality papers, I asked what  
metric do you use?

Metric: A metric is a measure for quantitatively assessing,  
controlling or selecting a person, process, event, or institution,  
along with the procedures to carry out measurements and the procedures  
for the interpretation of the assessment in the light of previous or  
comparable assessments.

In other words how would you measure this "quality"?  Is there an  
objective way of measuring this or is it just your opinion?

> You say there are reasons there are no new newspapers,

yep.

> but then you say news outlets can't start because of incumbents.

yep - one of the reasons.

> You say online is the way to go it seems.

I don't think I actually said that and it's not necessarily true  
either.  For instance there is the ..... Kindle!

> There's nothing to stop anyone starting a blog for news in Adelaide.

Lots of them.

> You seem to think they are good enough.

Sturgeon's Law still applies - 90% are crud.

> And of course Chinese newspapers will be cheaper.

???

Because Chinese papers aren't as good quality?  Gets back to your  
metric.

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