MafiaMan Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 From the Hudson WI publication owned by Forum... https://www.rivertowns.net/news/science-and-nature/5025326-Shutdowns-lead-to-less-traffic-lower-carbon-emissions?fbclid=IwAR1sHkRS7-r7gLwOea1lSpJrbTVqYWVA0KLDUJGwX6r-JSZ1zHsa5L2ikpE Hey, sorry about your jobs and all, that sucks, but hey, lower carbon emissions are already improving the environment in Minnesota and Wisconsin, so, yay! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Anyone else enjoy our "hometown" paper's coverage of our biggest rival Minnesota Duluth today? And you had to read it online because - Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseInsideMyHead Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Ha. The national media can't even be bothered to get the Herald's name right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 10:24 AM, Irish said: Anyone else enjoy our "hometown" paper's coverage of our biggest rival Minnesota Duluth today? And you had to read it online because - Monday. Brutal. I can only imagine if Forum owned the Ann Arbor Daily News, they’d probably hire a reporter for something called the “Buckeye Beat.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 This paper is toast. Minor league garbage. Sucks, because occasionally I liked to read something. I grew up there, live in LA...I’m not paying for an occasional article. I’m an MBA From a top school with 25 years experience, an exec at a fortune 50...Grand Forks Herald you have signed your death warrant...stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsh Hall Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Imagine pitching the idea for a newspaper if it were a new concept today... Okay, we have writers that write stories and we print them each morning and have someone go and throw the papers by people's front door so they know what happened in the world and community yesterday... The buggy-whip makes more sense. I wonder what percent of newspaper subscribers today only do so out of habit/auto-renewals? I agree that the newspaper business model is toast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 The Herald has their writers on panic mode. Writing about anything possible to keep the clicks up. What an awful time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Sounds like the Herald is scaling back even more. Only going to print Wednesday and Saturday editions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kab Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Should have Sunday print include Saturday sports , print the damn thing a little later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kab Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 The small weekly newspaper is going to die unless they change their business model to wait a week for news or sports won’t work, all advertisers or most have their own websites some things are required to be printed in papers, but as time goes on cities, counties, schools will all,have on their own website to print these most 0bits are on websites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Sports Illustrated is down to once a month. I actually am happy about this as I often had no time to read it every week. The new magazine has more articles and I can relax and take my time with it before another one lands in my mailbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Everyone says that the Forum has to reinvent itself and get with the times. What does that look like? Honestly, what should they be doing that they aren't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEdway Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/5166322-Herald-to-cut-print-publication-days-to-twice-per-week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernraider Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, MrEdway said: https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/5166322-Herald-to-cut-print-publication-days-to-twice-per-week Ironically, you have to register to read this article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSioux Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, MrEdway said: https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/5166322-Herald-to-cut-print-publication-days-to-twice-per-week The headline writer is going to get talked to for giving away the story, should have been something like "Exciting changes coming to Herald". Wondering if they are gonna cut back Marilyn's expense account for the Eat Beat. (There goes my change at being name "Cheeriest Person of the Week." ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, MrEdway said: https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/5166322-Herald-to-cut-print-publication-days-to-twice-per-week Every time I see Wentzel's smiling puss, I know it's more bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post schlossmangfh Posted April 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hello everyone. I'll check back throughout the weekend and would be happy to try to answer any questions or clear anything up that I can. I think 'Walsh Hall' said it above.... the old model is now antiquated. I am a big fan of the printed product and have multiple newspapers delivered to my place, but online is undeniably a better product. You get news throughout the day, instead of once. You always have it with you (your phone) all the time instead of having to carry around a physical newspaper if you want to access it, you can get videos (highlights) embedded in stories, you can get news alerts, you don't get ink on your hands... people have found it to be better, so more are gravitating that way. There are some parallels to music industry. A lot of us loved records and CDs, but digital music is a better product and music industry needed to adapt (and the music industry learned that allowing people to get it free on Napster wasn't going to work). The Herald and virtually every other newspaper in the country attempted to give the product away for free online and support it with ads. I don't know of a single newspaper that found this feasible. Companies are going to Facebook, Twitter and Google for targeted ads. They can do that at very good prices. And classifieds, which once used to be a great source of revenue, are not anymore as people are finding places online to post classifieds for free. Newspapers cannot make enough with strictly online ad revenue to support the operation. Everyone has found that giving away our product for free is an unsustainable business model. Perhaps, we were all pretty foolish to think that business model would work in the first place. As a writer, I would love to give away our product for free and allow everyone to read it. However, it is very clear that continuing down that path is not going to work. If we do, we become Blockbuster. There's no doubt about that. The numbers are very plainly telling that to us (and everyone else). The changing of the business model is not only necessary, but there are some exciting elements to it, IMO. Strictly ad-driven online revenue means your business is based on clicks. It probably encourages the more click-bait type stuff, the viral stuff. A subscriber-based system puts the onus on really good work. People aren't going to subscribe if they're getting click-baited into weak stories or for viral videos. It's up to us journalists to provide content to make the subscription worth it. Even though subscriptions are a pretty good deal (less than 30 cents a day), it is our challenge and responsibility to make sure it's worth it. I know our sports staff is up for that challenge. A lot of misinformation has been going around, so I figured I would drop by and offer to clear up whatever I can. If you have any questions, let me know. If you have any comments, suggestions, criticisms, let me know. What things do you like and dislike? What do you want to see more of and less of? I'll try to check back this weekend. You can always email me, too, at bschlossman@gfherald.com. Every summer, Tom Miller and I brainstorm and try to come up with ideas on how we can change and innovate our coverage of UND sports. While we have a lot of analytics online that allow us to see what people are reading and how long they're spending on them, it is invaluable to hear straight from readers. Thanks! 1 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hmnnn...I think this @schlossmangfh character just might be Brad Schlossman from the Grand Forks Herald! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 3 hours ago, MafiaMan said: Hmnnn...I think this @schlossmangfh character just might be Brad Schlossman from the Grand Forks Herald! What makes you say that? Are you really in the Mafia? Is my heart really black? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 56 minutes ago, Blackheart said: What makes you say that? Are you really in the Mafia? Is my heart really black? Just a hunch...he seems to have a lot of inside knowledge about things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxForever Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I just want @schlossmangfh to continue to provide amazing content and continue to get creative like he mentioned brainstorming ideas with Tom Miller. @schlossman Now that the hockey season is over, would love to read some creative UND hockey content if you have some unique stories from the year to share if Berry and team allows/approves. See latest piece on Shane Pinto the other day on “The Athletic.” That was a fun read. Brad not tossing stones at your employer, click-bait articles and opinion articles isn’t going to please the mass crowd and will not cut it in 2020 onward. I read UND hockey and football content and browse the business section for new businesses and restaurants in the FM area ONLY. I’d pay to read your content, I think most SS users on this site would and are happy to support all that you do. Kudos, to Tom Miller on the UND football content too. People will be pay for quality content even with another subscription to everyones many subscription service already. In addition, with all the noise and little time to “consume” things, I’ll still make time to digest UND hockey and football articles. Cliche saying, content is king, however if content is king, context is God. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fella Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Today's on line Herald only had 5 Port articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Old Fella said: Today's on line Herald only had 5 Port articles. Your digital subscription means that you can read articles on ANY Forum site, not just the Herald. You’d enjoy McFeely’s commentary today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Why did Schlossman make a new SiouxSports handle? How many does he have now? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, Cratter said: Why did Schlossman make a new SiouxSports handle? How many does he have now? Maybe he forgot he had an account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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