Comments on: Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:14:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-4/#comment-88715 Kevin Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:07:44 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-88715 Most bullshit analysis ever! Your metrics are totally irrelevant. Minutes spent reading and page views are a completely irrelevant way of comparing these two media. Newscorp reported a 97% drop in profits in 2008 and newspaper companies have reported similar drops on the whole since 2001. Your comparison may be valid for people who go directly to a news website homepage and browse several articles (similar to how people utilise the paper medium). However most people link directly to a particular article of interest online. The only way to compare is how many people read at least one article in a newspaper vs how many people read at least one news article online. Pages and time spent are bullshit metrics for comparison of these two media. Most bullshit analysis ever! Your metrics are totally irrelevant. Minutes spent reading and page views are a completely irrelevant way of comparing these two media.

Newscorp reported a 97% drop in profits in 2008 and newspaper companies have reported similar drops on the whole since 2001.

Your comparison may be valid for people who go directly to a news website homepage and browse several articles (similar to how people utilise the paper medium). However most people link directly to a particular article of interest online.

The only way to compare is how many people read at least one article in a newspaper vs how many people read at least one news article online. Pages and time spent are bullshit metrics for comparison of these two media.

]]> By: Engage your users to survive, Google tells newspapers @ Technology News http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-4/#comment-87787 Engage your users to survive, Google tells newspapers @ Technology News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:15:20 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-87787 [...] news readers tend to look at a disproportionate amount of online content during working hours, when people have little spare time. “The average amount of time looking at online news is about 70 seconds a day, while the [...]

[...] news readers tend to look at a disproportionate amount of online content during working hours, when people have little spare time. “The average amount of time looking at online news is about 70 seconds a day, while the [...]

]]> By: Google’s Hal Varian to newspapers at FTC confab: “Experiment, experiment, experiment!” » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-87381 Google’s Hal Varian to newspapers at FTC confab: “Experiment, experiment, experiment!” » Nieman Journalism Lab Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:38:28 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-87381 [...] news by mobile phone, and an astonishing 80 percent get news from e-mailed links, Varian said. But (as first analyzed right here at the Lab), only three percent of all consumption of newspaper-generated content happens online; [...]

[...] news by mobile phone, and an astonishing 80 percent get news from e-mailed links, Varian said. But (as first analyzed right here at the Lab), only three percent of all consumption of newspaper-generated content happens online; [...]

]]> By: Choice 4: The Straits Times Interactive (S3219092) « New Communication Technologies http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-80173 Choice 4: The Straits Times Interactive (S3219092) « New Communication Technologies Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:12:24 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-80173 [...] Martin Langeveld,  April 16, 2009, Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-ha... [...]

[...] Martin Langeveld,  April 16, 2009, Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-ha... [...]

]]> By: CHOICE 4: Convergence « New Communication Technologies http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-80172 CHOICE 4: Convergence « New Communication Technologies Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:12:02 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-80172 [...] 1.    Niemen Journalism Lab: Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online [...]

[...] 1.    Niemen Journalism Lab: Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online [...]

]]> By: Strukturwandel im Netz: Journalismus « Ferrás · Der Ferrás-Blog http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-75566 Strukturwandel im Netz: Journalismus « Ferrás · Der Ferrás-Blog Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:00:08 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-75566 [...] bin gerade auf einen Artikel gestoßen, in dem versucht wird, aufgrund der Hochrechnung von Seitenbetrachtungen bei Zeitungen und auf [...]

[...] bin gerade auf einen Artikel gestoßen, in dem versucht wird, aufgrund der Hochrechnung von Seitenbetrachtungen bei Zeitungen und auf [...]

]]> By: Four tips for newspaper managers who want readers to share content « The KRG http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-69040 Four tips for newspaper managers who want readers to share content « The KRG Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:40:36 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-69040 [...] I don’t agree with the bastardizing of print editions for online content (Read, for example: Print is still king: only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online), but news is a business. Advertising is essential for income. More hits online positively benefits [...]

[...] I don’t agree with the bastardizing of print editions for online content (Read, for example: Print is still king: only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online), but news is a business. Advertising is essential for income. More hits online positively benefits [...]

]]> By: NHash http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-64464 NHash Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:40:14 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-64464 Online news works for Internation or postgraduate students, or people who work on job rotations who live away fr their hometown & misses local news. Some would want other than news like BBC, CNN which are more 'appealing' then their local news provider. Some are great fans of clubs like soccer...MU fans that go across geographical area to seek for news! Online news works for Internation or postgraduate students, or people who work on job rotations who live away fr their hometown & misses local news. Some would want other than news like BBC, CNN which are more ‘appealing’ then their local news provider. Some are great fans of clubs like soccer…MU fans that go across geographical area to seek for news!

]]> By: NHash http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-64240 NHash Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:07:03 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-64240 Then why Seattle Post-Intelligencer goes online starting last 17th Mac 09? Then why Seattle Post-Intelligencer goes online starting last 17th Mac 09?

]]> By: Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online « Newspapers v. Web http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-57459 Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online « Newspapers v. Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:00:07 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-57459 [...] reading happens online November 25, 2009 delciekincaid Leave a comment Go to comments Read on… Categories: 1 Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment [...]

[...] reading happens online November 25, 2009 delciekincaid Leave a comment Go to comments Read on… Categories: 1 Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment [...]

]]> By: What’s on the News Corp Radar? « excapite http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-49182 What’s on the News Corp Radar? « excapite Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:50 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-49182 [...] it is not all bad news. As Martin Langeveld explains in his post Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online. So perhaps Print is the future of Newspapers after [...]

[...] it is not all bad news. As Martin Langeveld explains in his post Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online. So perhaps Print is the future of Newspapers after [...]

]]> By: litchfield http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-47458 litchfield Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:38:12 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-47458 why are most newspapers struggling? why are most newspapers struggling?

]]> By: Al Bee http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-44053 Al Bee Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:25:17 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-44053 I simply want a newspaper that I can trust as a newspaper. The Washington Post has crossed the boundary from a family newspaper to a full time propaganda arm of the Democrat party I simply want a newspaper that I can trust as a newspaper. The Washington Post has crossed the boundary from a family newspaper to a full time propaganda arm of the Democrat party

]]> By: Permanency in the press through papers « Journalism in Bloom http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-43026 Permanency in the press through papers « Journalism in Bloom Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:54:46 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-43026 [...] in the morning, print newspapers are by far the more important medium of communicating news. A surprising study by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University found that 96.5 percent of news reading is done in [...]

[...] in the morning, print newspapers are by far the more important medium of communicating news. A surprising study by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University found that 96.5 percent of news reading is done in [...]

]]> By: WRB » Reading the newspaper or reading online? http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/comment-page-3/#comment-40740 WRB » Reading the newspaper or reading online? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:26:41 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3994#comment-40740 [...] http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-ha... [...]

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