Comments on: The Fail Cow is Getting Ready to Sing

By: Atniz

Atniz — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:30:43 +0000

Twitter is increasing used to gain more traffic. So, getting an attractive title with shortened url in 140 words is sufficient to do this work.

By: SEO Software

SEO Software — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:03:09 +0000

Lots of sensitivity — apparently you hit a nerve John! I think this is another good example of how many old media outlets have failed to catch the next wave. Even “newer” media outlets like AOL caught the wave late and are struggling big time. Not trying to knock anyone here, just observing that it requires skill and courage to recognize new trends and find effective ways to adapt.

By: J. Michael Warner

J. Michael Warner — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:52:00 +0000

I think and comments highlight that newspapers as we have known them will soon go the way of dinosaurs.

By: John Jantsch

John Jantsch — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:33:45 +0000

@dixie et al – this was never an attempt to pick on the author of this story – perhaps it came off that way, but it was always my intention to highlight what slow movement at the top has done to this paper and in some way the entire industry.

By: dixie vogel

dixie vogel — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:51:48 +0000

The word vs. character would have been a mistake by the orignial author, missed by the copy editor. Looks like it has sense been corrected in the online version of the article.

In all fairness, the Star has had repeated rounds of layoffs, so the people there are doing a lot more work with less time to do it. This is what people in print media are dealing with in a widespread way, and not specific to the Star. (Have a friend who works at the Star and another in other print media.)

From my understanding and from working with the Star on a project some time back, they acknowledge the importance of online stuff in a general way, but are old-school in terms of multiple layers of committee-based management who don’t seem to get the picture. I wasn’t particularly impressed with the “online initiatives” that came from this mix. But nothing happens without management approval and worries over being sued. The freewheeling world of Twitter would probably be terrifying to some of the decision-makers.

So I’d be inclined to shift the responsibilty for missing the social media/online boat upstairs, myself.

By: Click and Inc

Click and Inc — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:52:37 +0000

true that newspapers are going down hill and it’s quite sad actually. Good post though. Makes me realize how popular Twitter really is.

By: Ryan Martin

Ryan Martin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:11:22 +0000

I think that this just shows why newspapers are becoming extinct. Especially the ones that are falling behind times. This is a case of a writer in over their head and a lack of accountability on the editors end.

I will say that the Seattle Times is actually pretty active on Twitter, so not all of the newspapers are oblivious.

By: web content

web content — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:06:33 +0000

It’s kinda sad that print media has fallen so far behind the competition just by stubbornly refusing to keep up with the new developments of the times.