Comments on: No More Printed New York Times. Is that a Bad Thing?

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By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:36:19 +0000

I’d only read the Times on a Kindle (or similar device) when I can do the crossword on the Kindle (can I do the crossword on a Kindle?). I get my newspaper delivered at home for the puzzle, not the news–I read that online. Though I feel a bit less guilty reading it online knowing that I’m paying for it in print.

How’s that for wasteful and bad for the environment?

As for ads, my kiddo loves the toy commercials more than the cartoons on Saturday morning. If ads (online, on TV, in print) were as entertaining (or compelling) to me as they are for my kiddo, then I’d probably be sure to watch them, too.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:27:58 +0000

@VoteAudrey It does not show ads — but I’m all in favor of finding a new business model since the ad based business model seems to be tanking across the board. I find most ads as they currently exist, ignorable at best, and irritating at worst (with exceptions). Seth Godin has blogged about new business model ideas for the Times. Many were very interesting. I keep saying, why can’t ads be interesting or informative or fun or entertaining. Why do we have to “tolerate” them? Is it that hard to make them interesting? I’m thrilled when I find an exception to this. For instance, there’s always that full page iphone ad on Sundays where they describe the Apps. It’s useful, and I appreciate it.

By: VoteAudrey

VoteAudrey — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:38:47 +0000

I don’t have a Kindle so unsure of how a newspaper would read on it, but does it display ads, the true bread and butter of any media publication? If not, I can’t see how it would be profitable.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:59:39 +0000

I’ve seen TWO Kindles in the “real world.” (i.e. outside of publishing people)

I haven’t heard of any stats about where they are selling — but they’re not in the world (beyond book publisihing walls) I’m looking at either.

That said, it does seem to me that more people have heard of the Kindle since this new release of the Kindle2.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:35:03 +0000

Have there been any stats released on where most of the Kindles or e-Readers are selling, geographically? I live in Houston, and I don’t know a single person who’s splashed out the money for one (half of the people I know had no clue what they even were). At the same time, I’ve never seen anyone sitting with one at a coffee shop or deli or the like.

I guess I’m wondering if their growing popularity is mainly on the coasts and in cities with ties to the publishing world, or if it really is breaking any ground in middle America, despite my own observations.

By: Melissa Walker

Melissa Walker — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:48:01 +0000

I still love the weekend Times, but I hear you on the M-F. It’s just easier….