Comments on: Coming off the page: Finances forces UW-Parkside’s Ranger News into online-only format http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2009/11/coming-off-the-page/ a group discussion about the future of student media Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lauren Rabaino http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2009/11/coming-off-the-page/comment-page-1/#comment-427389 Lauren Rabaino Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:25:44 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/?p=2448#comment-427389 Print is the moneymaker... for now. How much longer will it last? And will students wait until they're broke before deciding to figuring out how to make money online? <br> <br>You can't learn how to monetize the web if it's just an afterthought. Without the print burden, students are <em>free</em> to experiment. <br> <br>As my Canadian boyfriend always says, "Go where the puck is going to be, not where it is." Print is the moneymaker… for now. How much longer will it last? And will students wait until they're broke before deciding to figuring out how to make money online?

You can't learn how to monetize the web if it's just an afterthought. Without the print burden, students are free to experiment.

As my Canadian boyfriend always says, “Go where the puck is going to be, not where it is.”

]]> By: linney http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2009/11/coming-off-the-page/comment-page-1/#comment-427388 linney Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:12:40 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/?p=2448#comment-427388 On some level, I have to disagree with Lauren Rabaino. I agree that the cumbersome print production process inhibits newsrooms from becoming truly "web centric." We'd all think web-first if we didn't have to worry about producing a daily paper. <br>But the truth is, its just not that simple. Most newspapers are still not making money off their web site and print advertising still remains more than online advertising. It's counterintuitive to everything we're taught, but it's true. <br>If the numbers added up and newsrooms could make money off of their web sites, then I think they'd ditch their print operation in a second. But the truth of the matter is, print is still basically funding online news. On some level, I have to disagree with Lauren Rabaino. I agree that the cumbersome print production process inhibits newsrooms from becoming truly “web centric.” We'd all think web-first if we didn't have to worry about producing a daily paper.

But the truth is, its just not that simple. Most newspapers are still not making money off their web site and print advertising still remains more than online advertising. It's counterintuitive to everything we're taught, but it's true.

If the numbers added up and newsrooms could make money off of their web sites, then I think they'd ditch their print operation in a second. But the truth of the matter is, print is still basically funding online news.

]]> By: Lauren Rabaino http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2009/11/coming-off-the-page/comment-page-1/#comment-426433 Lauren Rabaino Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:25:44 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/?p=2448#comment-426433 Print is the moneymaker... for now. How much longer will it last? And will students wait until they're broke before deciding to figuring out how to make money online? <br> <br>You can't learn how to monetize the web if it's just an afterthought. Without the print burden, students are <em>free</em> to experiment. <br> <br>As my Canadian boyfriend always says, "Go where the puck is going to be, not where it is." Print is the moneymaker… for now. How much longer will it last? And will students wait until they're broke before deciding to figuring out how to make money online?

You can't learn how to monetize the web if it's just an afterthought. Without the print burden, students are free to experiment.

As my Canadian boyfriend always says, “Go where the puck is going to be, not where it is.”

]]> By: linney http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2009/11/coming-off-the-page/comment-page-1/#comment-426432 linney Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:12:40 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/?p=2448#comment-426432 On some level, I have to disagree with Lauren Rabaino. I agree that the cumbersome print production process inhibits newsrooms from becoming truly "web centric." We'd all think web-first if we didn't have to worry about producing a daily paper. <br>But the truth is, its just not that simple. Most newspapers are still not making money off their web site and print advertising still remains more than online advertising. It's counterintuitive to everything we're taught, but it's true. <br>If the numbers added up and newsrooms could make money off of their web sites, then I think they'd ditch their print operation in a second. But the truth of the matter is, print is still basically funding online news. On some level, I have to disagree with Lauren Rabaino. I agree that the cumbersome print production process inhibits newsrooms from becoming truly “web centric.” We'd all think web-first if we didn't have to worry about producing a daily paper.

But the truth is, its just not that simple. Most newspapers are still not making money off their web site and print advertising still remains more than online advertising. It's counterintuitive to everything we're taught, but it's true.

If the numbers added up and newsrooms could make money off of their web sites, then I think they'd ditch their print operation in a second. But the truth of the matter is, print is still basically funding online news.

]]> By: Lauren Rabaino http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2009/11/coming-off-the-page/comment-page-1/#comment-424387 Lauren Rabaino Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:25:44 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/?p=2448#comment-424387 Print is the moneymaker... for now. How much longer will it last? And will students wait until they're broke before deciding to figuring out how to make money online? You can't learn how to monetize the web if it's just an afterthought. Without the print burden, students are <em>free</em> to experiment. As my Canadian boyfriend always says, "Go where the puck is going to be, not where it is." Print is the moneymaker… for now. How much longer will it last? And will students wait until they're broke before deciding to figuring out how to make money online? You can't learn how to monetize the web if it's just an afterthought. Without the print burden, students are free to experiment. As my Canadian boyfriend always says, "Go where the puck is going to be, not where it is."

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