JD, tell me about your daily paper - was it a small local paper or do you mean you preferred getting the paper at the foot of the drive type thing and it was one of the large national papers like NYT or WaPo? Most of the people I know abandoned their paper paper to save trees, avoid excessive recycling, because reading on the internet wa…
JD, tell me about your daily paper - was it a small local paper or do you mean you preferred getting the paper at the foot of the drive type thing and it was one of the large national papers like NYT or WaPo? Most of the people I know abandoned their paper paper to save trees, avoid excessive recycling, because reading on the internet was more convenient for them for various reasons... no more black fingers and okay, no more comic strips! Who was the opossum? Miss him...
But no, I know no one likes ads - I'm just brain storming ways for a compendium of articles by independent writers to help pay for itself. I love my substack newsletters, but for a fact six substacks at the bargain price of $50 (just an average maybe) is well more than the cost of a subscription to two national newspapers. If we could get a system where we picked which articles showed up on our paper and our collection was customized by us for us (even the ads) then it might be more truly a substitute for the old fashioned newspaper, more affordable than six substacks, and endlessly customizable which would provide feedback as well. I feel like my imagination though is constrained by prior experience... I'd love to be able to imagine the news sources of the future.
In some ways we are harkening back to the days of old in the West when various riders came through town bearing news, and each one gave us a different version of what was seen and heard, with some being just more interesting to listen to. Some you'd give a hot coffee to and sit down with, and others you'd be happy to see the back ends of their horses leaving town.
Did not see it, but remember visiting my farmer grandparents in small town Kansas when I was a kid and sitting quietly at the kitchen table as various delivery people and customers would come in for coffee or tea and tell my grandparents what they knew about the events of the day. After some of them left my grandmother would fret and my grandfather would sneer and shake his head as he returned to his chores. But those newsbearing visitors always got their attention and delayed their chores.
Thanks for naming the film. If it's a couple of years old, I can probably find it in one of the streaming catalogs.
JD, tell me about your daily paper - was it a small local paper or do you mean you preferred getting the paper at the foot of the drive type thing and it was one of the large national papers like NYT or WaPo? Most of the people I know abandoned their paper paper to save trees, avoid excessive recycling, because reading on the internet was more convenient for them for various reasons... no more black fingers and okay, no more comic strips! Who was the opossum? Miss him...
But no, I know no one likes ads - I'm just brain storming ways for a compendium of articles by independent writers to help pay for itself. I love my substack newsletters, but for a fact six substacks at the bargain price of $50 (just an average maybe) is well more than the cost of a subscription to two national newspapers. If we could get a system where we picked which articles showed up on our paper and our collection was customized by us for us (even the ads) then it might be more truly a substitute for the old fashioned newspaper, more affordable than six substacks, and endlessly customizable which would provide feedback as well. I feel like my imagination though is constrained by prior experience... I'd love to be able to imagine the news sources of the future.
In some ways we are harkening back to the days of old in the West when various riders came through town bearing news, and each one gave us a different version of what was seen and heard, with some being just more interesting to listen to. Some you'd give a hot coffee to and sit down with, and others you'd be happy to see the back ends of their horses leaving town.
Did you see that Tom Hanks movie a couple years ago? "News of the World." His character was one of those guys.
Did not see it, but remember visiting my farmer grandparents in small town Kansas when I was a kid and sitting quietly at the kitchen table as various delivery people and customers would come in for coffee or tea and tell my grandparents what they knew about the events of the day. After some of them left my grandmother would fret and my grandfather would sneer and shake his head as he returned to his chores. But those newsbearing visitors always got their attention and delayed their chores.
Thanks for naming the film. If it's a couple of years old, I can probably find it in one of the streaming catalogs.
I missed that one. I’ll check it out