Comments on: Is OWH the New TMZ? http://www.omahablog.com/owh-the-new-tmz/ Decoding local politics, news, and so much more Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:25:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Jim Brazee http://www.omahablog.com/owh-the-new-tmz/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Jim Brazee Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:19:04 +0000 http://www.omahablog.com/?p=102#comment-59 I do not care if my comment appears in the paper. I just want the World Herald to know how disappointed I am in their switch to the LA Times crosswords. I do not care if my comment appears in the paper. I just want the World Herald to know how disappointed I am in their switch to the LA Times crosswords.

]]> By: Jim Brazee http://www.omahablog.com/owh-the-new-tmz/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Jim Brazee Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:17:21 +0000 http://www.omahablog.com/?p=102#comment-58 I am very disappointed in the crossword selection of the Los Angeles Times instead of the very good former crosswords. I can get this same crossword in the Lincoln Journal, so why should I subscribe to the World.Herald? I am very disappointed in the crossword selection of the Los Angeles Times instead of the very good former crosswords. I can get this same crossword in the Lincoln Journal, so why should I subscribe to the World.Herald?

]]> By: @Omaha_NET http://www.omahablog.com/owh-the-new-tmz/comment-page-1/#comment-48 @Omaha_NET Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:35:51 +0000 http://www.omahablog.com/?p=102#comment-48 I commiserate with your feelings on the decline of news (and yet as the co-owner of a website [Omaha.net] that seeks to supplant some of the OWH's business, it's not like I'm helping), but I'm not sure if I totally agree with your entire post. The elegant beauty of Twitter is that it democratizes news, even if it presents it with the language skills of a fifth grader. Miley saying that she is sick on her Twitter is a quote. It's Miley saying it. I bemoan the fact that major news organizations now have no problem casually dropping that they picked something up off of Facebook or Twitter, but to attack the OWH specifically is to be blinded to a much larger national shift in the way we will be receiving our news in the future. I commiserate with your feelings on the decline of news (and yet as the co-owner of a website [Omaha.net] that seeks to supplant some of the OWH's business, it's not like I'm helping), but I'm not sure if I totally agree with your entire post. The elegant beauty of Twitter is that it democratizes news, even if it presents it with the language skills of a fifth grader. Miley saying that she is sick on her Twitter is a quote. It's Miley saying it.

I bemoan the fact that major news organizations now have no problem casually dropping that they picked something up off of Facebook or Twitter, but to attack the OWH specifically is to be blinded to a much larger national shift in the way we will be receiving our news in the future.

]]> By: NE Voter http://www.omahablog.com/owh-the-new-tmz/comment-page-1/#comment-45 NE Voter Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:50:01 +0000 http://www.omahablog.com/?p=102#comment-45 OW-H turned tabloid about a year ago. What will the Freedom Center be printing in 10 years? Cutting off delivery in western Nebraska, though undoubtedly a fiscal necessity, will inflict additional damage on the paper. The bottom line for the newspaper business: Folks under age 40 who do not currently subscribe to a daily newspaper, never will. The business model has collapsed. OW-H turned tabloid about a year ago. What will the Freedom Center be printing in 10 years? Cutting off delivery in western Nebraska, though undoubtedly a fiscal necessity, will inflict additional damage on the paper.

The bottom line for the newspaper business: Folks under age 40 who do not currently subscribe to a daily newspaper, never will. The business model has collapsed.

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