Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Exposé: Wakefield Item Has Terrible Website

So you switch to a pretty neat little tabloid style newspaper that has been lauded by Wakefield's finest. But you can't manage to create a decent website? Print journalism is becoming obsolete and rightly so: I throw away my newspaper when I am done reading it. It has no long-term or immediate value. I can reference it, but only for a short period of time. That's why I think the Wakefield Item needs to get its website up and running. People will visit it. It won't generate any extra revenue (unless the WI sells ads), but it's a direction that most local media companies are turning in.

2 comments:

  1. Check out the Salem News of Salem MA as an example of local newspaper that "gets it" that online news can be a viable product and make a profit!

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