tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4836657326916102716..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Urgent: Tallahassee Democrat adds paywall July 1; Web-only access will cost readers $9.95 a month; Florida daily is one of three in GCI making moveJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16982015935962435732010-09-27T14:39:38.405-04:002010-09-27T14:39:38.405-04:00I, too, will not be paying for online access to th...I, too, will not be paying for online access to the Tallahassee Democrat. Just not worth it...there is nothing there that I can't get for free somewhere else. <br /><br />Before making this comment, I gave it some time, almost 3 months. Now after 3 months has gone by since the change, I periodically check the homepage. There's not one story that has been of such interest to me to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82404719924891999792010-07-02T13:16:11.215-04:002010-07-02T13:16:11.215-04:00I will not being paying for the tallahassee democr...I will not being paying for the tallahassee democrat online or otherwise. It does not have enough content to ask for such a high price. I will dearly miss the weekly mugshot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69974702488928199832010-06-28T01:13:10.855-04:002010-06-28T01:13:10.855-04:00I'm a member of several Gannet Sites including...I'm a member of several Gannet Sites including the Tallahassee Democrat and Florida Today (Melbourne Fla) ... Gannet offers a great user friendly system for reader comments, blogs and forums... <br /><br />The reporting, well that leaves something to be desired.. It's not at all unusaul for either paper for readers to see a story.. reasearch it on other outlets and come back to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11427404091080983112010-06-24T20:40:45.524-04:002010-06-24T20:40:45.524-04:005:46 I call bullshit on you. There was no meeting ...5:46 I call bullshit on you. There was no meeting to determine how to stop the paid content initiative. You are flat out lying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26069155865900042272010-06-24T17:46:58.181-04:002010-06-24T17:46:58.181-04:00I think Saridakis was right. Didn't he say in...I think Saridakis was right. Didn't he say in his goodbye letter that paid content on the iPad and in front of newspaper sites will NOT work? Everyone knows in digital that the content that the newspapers are producing is worthless online.<br /><br />Jack Williams is busy trying to build out a "paid content" and he is parading around his plan from Martore to Dickey and no one is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33428857451763104262010-06-24T11:47:42.463-04:002010-06-24T11:47:42.463-04:0011:24 -- You are so right. Because many of us have...11:24 -- You are so right. Because many of us have made a living in the news game for years, we are tempted to argue that what we do is extremely valuable. <br /><br />The truth is, news and information has essentially been free for years. Almost no publications or broadcast outlets charge enough to cover the costs of producing and presenting their content. Yes, people are willing to pay for newsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24720341550031916402010-06-24T11:45:45.471-04:002010-06-24T11:45:45.471-04:00So the dominant theme appears to be we suck and no...So the dominant theme appears to be we suck and no one would want to buy our content. Says a lot about how you feel about our journalists who work thier collective butts off. Sites get 400,000 to 2 million unique visitors a month. Why would they do that if the product sucks. Come on people, we have to do something if you still want to be employed 5 years from now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63714761120105972682010-06-24T11:24:22.413-04:002010-06-24T11:24:22.413-04:00@7:15 PM: "Bravo to the staff for setting a b...@7:15 PM: "Bravo to the staff for setting a bold new course and Placing a value on the content they work so hard to deliver!"<br /><br />Want to wager on how highly the readers regard that same content? Why don't you people understand that if the audience sees little value, there is little value?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15567077201784626832010-06-24T09:09:38.535-04:002010-06-24T09:09:38.535-04:00Hello, pay wall. Goodbye audience.Hello, pay wall. Goodbye audience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71401440375691145832010-06-24T00:36:17.711-04:002010-06-24T00:36:17.711-04:00I'm glad they're trying but they need to s...I'm glad they're trying but they need to significantly reduce the price. <br /><br />Also, experiments are great ... except when you're in the market being used as a guinea pig.<br /><br />I'm sure the writers and editors at this paper aren't supposed to say, "Don't worry. This is just an experiment. Yeah, it really changes the way we're distributing news in this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3809016478572703532010-06-23T19:41:22.527-04:002010-06-23T19:41:22.527-04:00If website users still have access to all section ...If website users still have access to all section fronts, that means they have free access to all the most important stories of the day, whether local, wire, features or sports. I'm not sure I'd care that much about something that runs on B5.<br />Good luck with the experiment, though -- newspapers have to try, even if not all the experiments will work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50077037022187026262010-06-23T19:15:12.137-04:002010-06-23T19:15:12.137-04:00Bravo to the staff for setting a bold new course a...Bravo to the staff for setting a bold new course and Placing a value on the content they work so hard to deliver! The industry has been waiting for someone to take a courageous step. well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83830111169688636742010-06-23T13:53:46.719-04:002010-06-23T13:53:46.719-04:00According to an item in the most recent S.C. Press...According to an item in the most recent S.C. Press Association newsletter, The Greenville News is the third site.<br /><br />Gabordi also added a later comment that St. George is one of the sites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56141533378828939292010-06-23T12:39:59.966-04:002010-06-23T12:39:59.966-04:00I'm not sure whether this paywall idea will wo...I'm not sure whether this paywall idea will work or not -- I suspect not -- but one of the good things about having so many properties is it does allow Gannett to experiment.<br /><br />So rather than denounce it as idiotic or similar anger, why not let these things play out and we can see, with the industry watching, too, whether a paywall approach on very localized content could work.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44892676777762990362010-06-23T11:29:04.333-04:002010-06-23T11:29:04.333-04:00Confirmation on St. George:
http://bit.ly/bF74ZqConfirmation on St. George:<br /><br />http://bit.ly/bF74ZqAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6038005476480682382010-06-23T10:53:37.321-04:002010-06-23T10:53:37.321-04:00Good catch, 10:35 am! I've fixed the headline....Good catch, 10:35 am! I've fixed the headline.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12057102020934882262010-06-23T10:35:10.953-04:002010-06-23T10:35:10.953-04:00Don't you "erect" paywalls rather th...Don't you "erect" paywalls rather than lower them (take them down)? I can only find one other place that uses the terminology that way <a href="http://newscorpblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">and it looks mighty familiar!</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67088875882440758982010-06-23T10:24:21.395-04:002010-06-23T10:24:21.395-04:00I was told that one of the other two is The Spectr...I was told that one of the other two is The Spectrum in St. George, Utah. I've checked their site this morning, but didn't find any similar announcement.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34109668375435435732010-06-23T10:14:22.367-04:002010-06-23T10:14:22.367-04:00He also mentions in the comment thread that Tallah...He also mentions in the comment thread that Tallahassee is one of three Gannett papers going paywall. Anybody know who the other two are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com