http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/cash-from-every-corner-three-kooky-ways-vancouvers-tyee-pays-for-top-shelf-regional-journalism/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:39:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/cash-from-every-corner-three-kooky-ways-vancouvers-tyee-pays-for-top-shelf-regional-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-131198 David Beers Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:44:55 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=16921#comment-131198 Thanks for this write-up Michael, but why the descriptor 'kooky'? You highlighted three sources of revenue as 'kooky'. 'Topical pledge drives'. Do not the big media firms relentlessly survey and focus group their readers, and aren't web sites operators told to assiduously monitor their traffic? This just makes the relationship more transparent and democratic. 'Interest group ownership'. More 'kooky' than media baron ownernship? You do know that Holland's second largest paper's largest shareholders are unions, right? And finally the 'kooky' idea of renting out extra space to likeminded people. Look at any traditional media firms' lists of assests and real estate will be prominent. Three desks. There's our real estate holdings, helping to subsidize our journalism! See, we're not kooky. We're old fashioned, traditional, solidly inside the box. Cheers. Thanks for this write-up Michael, but why the descriptor ‘kooky’? You highlighted three sources of revenue as ‘kooky’. ‘Topical pledge drives’. Do not the big media firms relentlessly survey and focus group their readers, and aren’t web sites operators told to assiduously monitor their traffic? This just makes the relationship more transparent and democratic. ‘Interest group ownership’. More ‘kooky’ than media baron ownernship? You do know that Holland’s second largest paper’s largest shareholders are unions, right? And finally the ‘kooky’ idea of renting out extra space to likeminded people. Look at any traditional media firms’ lists of assests and real estate will be prominent. Three desks. There’s our real estate holdings, helping to subsidize our journalism! See, we’re not kooky. We’re old fashioned, traditional, solidly inside the box. Cheers.

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