tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post5912255129701528905..comments2024-03-09T20:40:14.660+11:00Comments on The BOOT - The Business of Online Travel: Expedia, Sefiani Commnications and Fairfax press combine to bring to an end the BOOT's reading of newspapersTim Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383381229302650553noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-58245016233645753202009-04-17T07:38:00.000+10:002009-04-17T07:38:00.000+10:00@Rod - agree that newspapers wont die. Like you I...@Rod - agree that newspapers wont die. Like you I still consume offline media like the Economist, New Yorker, Vanity Fair. Probably makes me a bit of a media snob (or another word beginning with "w"). The difference here is that these weekly or monthly periodicals take the time and journalist investment to check stories rather than regurgitate PR the way the dailies with descending circulation do.Tim Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383381229302650553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-89524265902290917802009-04-17T03:33:00.000+10:002009-04-17T03:33:00.000+10:00Tim, I am going the other way. When I'm overseas I...Tim, I am going the other way. When I'm overseas I like to read the SMH online, but stopped recently because it's just so commercial and tabloid-y. I even stopped buying the print edition in Australia; but then they published a photo I took at Bondi one day, (http://tinyurl.com/dgffpy) so I forgave them. Anyway, newspapers will never die, mate: there's nothing like curling up on the couch with the New York Times, falling asleep reading the sports pages...rod cuthbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-38113293230856888072009-04-09T02:08:00.000+10:002009-04-09T02:08:00.000+10:00I too share your indignation. I understand that al...I too share your indignation. I understand that all need to find additional revenue streams now, but as a news outlet, one has the moral obligation to separate PR from news reporting. No problem with ads/PR/marketing. However, have huge problem with it disguised as genuine news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-39165819298960512532009-04-07T17:47:00.000+10:002009-04-07T17:47:00.000+10:00@all - Robyn Sefiani has sent me a letter - publis...@all - Robyn Sefiani has sent me a letter - published in full above in an update to the postTim Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383381229302650553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-12514290726508565122009-04-07T16:32:00.000+10:002009-04-07T16:32:00.000+10:00good pickup. stuart littlemore would be proud.soun...good pickup. stuart littlemore would be proud.<BR/><BR/>sounds like they went to the john laws cash for comment workshop.Steve Sherlockhttp://oodles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-31751974618888995652009-04-07T14:33:00.000+10:002009-04-07T14:33:00.000+10:00@Anon - Media Watch is my favourite show on televi...@Anon - Media Watch is my favourite show on television. Love itTim Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383381229302650553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-25907701999094173542009-04-07T14:05:00.000+10:002009-04-07T14:05:00.000+10:00Please also add a heart dose of cynasism....... as...Please also add a heart dose of cynasism....... as you know the first question is who wrote it and whos paper is it......<BR/><BR/>dont you have media watch ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-20629024459033279862009-04-07T12:58:00.000+10:002009-04-07T12:58:00.000+10:00I feel some sympathy for newspapers and journalist...I feel some sympathy for newspapers and journalists. I read somewhere that in the US the peak for newspaper circulation was sometime in the mid eighties. Things have been on the decline since then driven first by 24 news stations and then by online media. As a result there is less money for journalists and more pressure to turn around stories quickly. Means that the average journalist is being pushed harder and harder making it more and more likely that PR slips through as news unchecked. As much as I am sympathetic to the average hard working journalist it does not mean I am forgiving when a lack of disclosure about the content writer means that an advertisement is dressed up as an expert recommendation. When you dress up a ad as a recommendation you undermine the whole newspaper.Tim Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383381229302650553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-65774130873098998922009-04-07T12:16:00.000+10:002009-04-07T12:16:00.000+10:00Doesn't feel that different to the SQ A380 "news f...Doesn't feel that different to the SQ A380 "news feature" wrap around the SMH to "commemorate" the inaugural service into SYD.<BR/><BR/>And is it worse than the time I wrote in to the SMH Travel section comparing the vital stats of the Premium Economy cabin of an airline I was working for at the time?<BR/><BR/>I signed it off with my real name (not Penny Arabiata) and a simple Google search would have blown my cover, for sure.<BR/><BR/>Was all a bit easy. Ho hum.Penny Arabiatanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-3174878760412508642009-04-07T11:25:00.000+10:002009-04-07T11:25:00.000+10:00This may be the new way to get their revenue strea...This may be the new way to get their revenue streams going again. <BR/><BR/>I know in previous companies I have worked in there were occassions that a media in an article mention could cost more than $5000 USD. This was not disclosed as advertising in the newspaper. <BR/><BR/>I am going to remain anonymous on this post for obvious reasons but I believe this is an industry practice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-81221237077928838232009-04-07T09:10:00.000+10:002009-04-07T09:10:00.000+10:00great piece of investigative journalism :-) pity o...great piece of investigative journalism :-) pity others cannot do the same...Andrewnoreply@blogger.com