Tramite Jay Rosen arrivo a Wasting Ink, Beating a Dead Horse di Vin Crosbie. Il post mi sembra interessante per la carrellata sui diversi modelli di sopravvivenza proposti fino ad ora per i giornali cartacei e via web; ma sopattutto perché affronta quello che secondo me (e lo vado dicendo dal 10 giugno 2005) è il nocciolo della crisi della notizia su carta: il suo essere generalista:
“Yet all of these daft proposals miss the point: daily newspapers as we know them, whether in print or online, are doomed not because they aren’t charging for content online but because people no longer want the traditional generic packages of news that editors hope might satisfy all people’s needs and interests. People now have much more effective ways to satisfy their individual mixes of interests than reading a one-edition-hopes-to-satisfy-all daily newspaper. The 400-year-old era of traditional newspapers is over. They are obsolete.”
Amen.