If Facebook owns the conversation then what benefit is the conversation to the Argus? Not much. The newspaper doesn’t own the conversation when that happens, Facebook does. The conversation around that article uses a Facebook commenting system but I make sure to the conversation happens on Facebook. I don’t comment on their site below the story (even though it’s a Facebook commenting system) because I want the conversation to take place on Facebook around that story. I click through the link on Facebook, read the article and then comment on Facebook. That is how I digest most of their stories. You can “follow” my newspaper on Facebook ( here). Here are the problems with the current newspaper model. I tell you this because I believe journalism should continue but where it is not present the “phony” journalism should die. Poor journalism creates confusion or is just plain boring. Great journalism is compelling, honest, empowering, easy to digest and leaves you wishing each article was longer. There are also very, very, very few of them. They are craftsmen (and women) who should be encouraged and appreciated. They expose truth and change systems because of their skilled work. They get to the truth in a way that few people can. Great journalists dig deeper and communicate on a level that most humans cannot. The Argus leader is dying and unless they make some major changes I think they should die. Unfortunately his livelihood depends on that revenue but on a larger scale the life of the newspaper itself also relies on that revenue. His assessment of the state of their advertising revenue was that it was bad and getting worse. A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a friend and someone who sold advertising at the Argus joined us. That is where newspapers get a majority of their operating budget. The numbers that really matter are the advertising revenues. It’s safe to say that they’ve gone down in the last 10 years. The subscription levels at the Argus are also a mystery to me. History guarantees nothing for the future. How long it’s been in existence is irrelevant. The large building in that picture is home to the Argus Leader. JanuBy Andy Traub Creator of Nozbe and editor of Productive Magazine – Michael Sliwinski – 023 Linchpin Podcast – What order did your projects come? Nozbe / Productive! will be a big year for Nozbe users but Michael can’t tell us what it is…yet! May is the target date for release.įiled Under: The Unofficial Linchpin Podcast, Uncategorized Tagged With: godin, michael sliwinski, nozbe, podcast, productive magazine, seth godin – What are you going to do with the opportunity – How many times did you think it was going to fail? #Change nozbe card on file pdf#Productive Magazine – PDF magazine, iPad App – Send notes and tasks via email – add lengths, times to specific tasks for specific projects
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