Comments on: Disaster lurks for The Herald’s new website http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/disaster-lurks-for-the-heralds-new-website/ Stewart Kirkpatrick on journalism, Scotland, the net Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:12:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dave Cochrane http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/disaster-lurks-for-the-heralds-new-website/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Dave Cochrane Thu, 14 May 2009 22:22:25 +0000 http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/?p=1765#comment-311 The Herald, Scotsman, and pretty much every other paper in Scotland have an online presence that is, if I am charitable, pathetic. The utter lack of awareness of social networking and attendant revenue generation, dreadful visual presentation, and lack of "hook" content to keep readers coming back really do echo the death knells of Scottish print media. Devices like the Kindle, Reader and Iliad are the first of their kind but potentially a massive game changer. As Craig mentions above, the lack of tailored sites to make best use of the more popular smart phones is also a screaming failure. The whole package looks and feels provincial and ill considered, which for a series of papers I've read for over twenty years is saddening. The Herald, Scotsman, and pretty much every other paper in Scotland have an online presence that is, if I am charitable, pathetic. The utter lack of awareness of social networking and attendant revenue generation, dreadful visual presentation, and lack of “hook” content to keep readers coming back really do echo the death knells of Scottish print media. Devices like the Kindle, Reader and Iliad are the first of their kind but potentially a massive game changer. As Craig mentions above, the lack of tailored sites to make best use of the more popular smart phones is also a screaming failure. The whole package looks and feels provincial and ill considered, which for a series of papers I’ve read for over twenty years is saddening.

]]> By: Christian Storstein http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/disaster-lurks-for-the-heralds-new-website/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Christian Storstein Fri, 08 May 2009 21:37:38 +0000 http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/?p=1765#comment-309 ooops: http://www.thomascrampton.com/newspapers/reporter-to-ny-times-publisher-you-erased-my-career/ ooops:

http://www.thomascrampton.com/newspapers/reporter-to-ny-times-publisher-you-erased-my-career/

]]> By: Christian Storstein http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/disaster-lurks-for-the-heralds-new-website/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Christian Storstein Fri, 08 May 2009 21:03:44 +0000 http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/?p=1765#comment-308 ooops: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/08/new-york-times-webte.html ooops:

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/08/new-york-times-webte.html

]]> By: ScotMedia.com http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/disaster-lurks-for-the-heralds-new-website/comment-page-1/#comment-307 ScotMedia.com Wed, 06 May 2009 15:46:53 +0000 http://www.stewart-kirkpatrick.com/souralba/?p=1765#comment-307 I have www.scotmedia.com if you know of anyone interested in building it out :) There's always space on the internet for a new start-up ! I have http://www.scotmedia.com if you know of anyone interested in building it out :)

There’s always space on the internet for a new start-up !

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