Europe thinks newspapers are not dead.

Those crazy Europeans they think that Newspaper is not dead. Meanwhile all the big newspapers corporations in America with any sense believes that only three papers (USA Today, Washington Post, NY times) are need for the U.S. and the Chicago tribune ain't one of them.

How can newspapers survive in the age of Internet with no classified section? fulling ad revenue for the print edition? And fulling circulation?

Bruno Patino, director of online projects at France's Le Monde said that the Internet would allow newspapers to focus on in-depth investigations as the web site focuses on audiences that demands up-to-the-minute-news: translation: to find who is the dad of Anna Nicole's baby the minute they announced it check the website to find out more about how the Veterans hospital system is failing our soldiers when they return from combat read the first in a series of articles on the website updated every so often as we get it. On the Internet 10,000 words costs the same as 10 words. TV and radio still really heavily on newspaper to provide in depth analysis on major stories and so do the readers of newspapers.

like the U.S. Europe is facing fulling newspaper circulation;

The most recent figures available from the World Association of Newspapers showed that daily paid newspapers in the European Union saw a 0.61 percent drop in circulation in 2005, and a 5.26 percent fall over the five years through 2005.


Europe's largest newspaper Berlin based Axel Springer will spend $2.67 billion to expand its digital offerings both in Germany and throughout the world.

Zach Leonard of the The Times of London said that writers will need to learn to write better headlines since search engines tend to reduce stories to their first 200 characters. The Times also encourages journalists to fill out articles with video and audio content.

Another drawback of reading the newspaper online. the computer reads the headlights for you and it does know about everything that you are interested in unless you add 30 or 40 unique topics to the Google News.

Ad revenue online is rising too:

Advertising online is a strong lure for newspapers. In Britain, for example, online advertising rose 41 percent in 2006 to reach more than 2 billion pounds, giving it an 11.4 percent share of the market, just higher than that of the newspapers. That compared to 7.8 percent in 2005, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau report which was compiled by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Advertising Research Center.

So if you will not throw away your subscription to the Chicago Tribune I will not tell my mother to stop her subscription with the Los Angeles Times. News Paper is not dead we just need to figure out how to move the ads from print to online. In the end content, in dept content is king. this is what makes us unique and what will keep us going well into the 21st century. those pin heads who say only three papers should exists hate capitalism because they are against competition and have lost sight to the importance of local news.

Watch PBS: FRONTLINE:news war: part III Chapter 21 on my precious Los Angeles Times that I grew up with.

Why blog when you can Vlog?

Mefeedia just realized there first "State of the Vlogosphere" report which found that the size of its index gre to 20,913 Video blog in January 2007 from just 617 in January 2005.

Go Vlogs! with the rise of Youtube people around the country are uploading great vblogs. You know the motto of the Internet "The more the Marier" Vlogs are cool. the add the visual element to lameo bloggers who just a create a little text with a few links. here are a few examples of vlogs Atlas Shrugs.com she talks about everything from the new HPV vaccine to the New democratic congress




to the New democratic congress


of you can watch the vlog Ask a ninja answer random questions about thinks like net Neutrality for example.

Busing the internet to the poor

To give people in poor villages throughout India the company, United Villages, uses buses to provide Internet access to about 110,000 people in rural India and several other countries.

Each village that they serve has computer kiosks set up for villagers to compose emails, read the news and buy products from online stores. The only catch is that the web pages are not served in real time. Two WI-FI equipped buses visit the village four to six times a day to collect requests from the computers and transport the data to United Village hub in the city. The city hub then sends the messages out, processed searches and transfers any requested data back to the bus.

Seoul, Korea has had wireless internet Buses that allow people to access the internet while they are traveling in the city for about a year. Showing once again how they are miles ahead of the technology available in the U.S.



My Question is why oh why don't they do this in the rural parts of the U.S.?

According to Pew Internet.org in 2004 only 55 percent of all Internet users or 34 percent of adult Americans have high-speed Internet connections either at home or on the job. By the end of 2005 only 24 percent of rural American had high-speed Internet connections at Home compared to 40 percent in suburban areas. In rural areas 38 percent were listed as non Internet users. However the report called Rural Broadband Internet use from February 2006 said that Rural Internet users use the Internet for things like searching the news, checking blogs and participating in fantasy sports at about the same rate as urban users.

The easier and cheaper you make Internet access the more people will use it. Opening up access to the information highway so that nothing can stand in the way of person from becoming an expert in a variety of subjects if they are a little curious.

Another report called Wireless Internet access said that 34 percent of Internet users have logged onto the Internet using wireless connections either from their home or office.

The Internet gives people a choice in how they learn about the world and view the news. Instead of listening to the local radio, watching TV, or reading the local newspaper they can choose from thousands of newspapers. The number of choices on the Internet often overwhelm and overload us with rumor and inaccurate information. They also make it nearly impossible for the mainstream media or the government to control what the public knows.

They provide a sanctuary for citizen Journalism and unedited Journals through blogs. The education of the public through the Internet can slowly but surely spread democracy. This is why China is working with Google to control the Internet. They are fighting a losing battle over information. Its too easy to broadcast the truth and get it to the Chinese public you cannot fool the masses anymore.


Sky News report on discontent in China over development.

The truth is out there. Curious people just need the tools to find it and spread the word.