Monday, December 12, 2005

Print vs. Online Battle Brewing at 'Wash Post'

Well, now the gloves are coming off. It is a battle that makes clear people's beliefs about print being "better" than Internet are coming into some reporter's thinking. Read the article but note especially the last paragraph where the WaPo Chairman acknowledges that younger readers favor pixels and that some stories are better told on the Internet. Print vs. Online Battle Brewing at 'Wash Post': "Newly appointed Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell kicked off the debate Sunday in a column titled 'The Two Washington Posts.' In it, Howell looked to distinguish between the Washington Post's print newspaper, with its weekday circulation of 671,322, and washingtonpost.com, with its 8 million unique visitors a month. " Here is Froomkin's blog column but it requires free registration.

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