The Economist: Why news agencies are thriving
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 08:27
"A few struggling newspaper groups have stopped subscribing to newswires. Many others, having cut their own newsrooms, have become more dependent than ever on regurgitating agency copy. The proliferation of news websites, hungry for content, but lacking staff to produce it themselves, has also boosted the agencies"
PaidContentUK: Online Or Bust: Why 2009 May Be The Nail In Newspapers’ Coffins
Sunday, 4 January 2009, 15:42
Patrick Smith: "2009 will mark a shift from seasonal, sensible belt-tightening to the long-term shrinking of the newspaper industry in Britain. Here’s why"
Monday, 3 December 2007, 07:46
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Jones: "There is a generation coming that expects to get their information digitally. For me, this is a great opportunity to have a new start."
Monday, 3 September 2007, 21:50
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Shane Richmond: "From a newsprint point of view wire copy makes perfect sense. It allows us to cover stories that we don’t have resources to cover ourselves. … Online, however, wire copy is redundant."
Sunday, 2 September 2007, 19:30
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Yet again, an important reminder: Google News is a much smaller wire-service aggregating operation than Yahoo News. And MSN. And AOL.
Saturday, 1 September 2007, 09:35
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"Publishers that routinely carry wire stories on their sites could lose traffic, affecting the prices they charge online advertisers".
Saturday, 1 September 2007, 09:32
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"Josh Cohen, business product manager of Google News, said his company would consider eventually running advertising alongside the articles it is licensing from news agencies."
