This document summarizes challenges facing newspapers and proposes solutions for publishers to adapt their business models. It notes that newspaper staff and advertising revenue have sharply declined in recent years. It also discusses debates around how news should be delivered and monetized online, including the role of search engines and whether users will pay for online content. The document advocates for new approaches like social curation of news, location-based filtering, and micropayments to support quality journalism into the future.
7. The Guardian Media Group has asked the
Government to examine Google News and other
content aggregators, claiming they contribute nothing
to British journalism.
31 Mar 2009
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9. “The internet is a valuable tool. It can bring
inspiring, diligent and creative reporting into every
home. But it will not do so by obliging consumers
to accept the shoddy, propagandist ranting some
categorise as citizen journalism.”
Tim Luckhurst, GUARDIAN.CO.UK