Comments on: Accountability in the post-newspaper age http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/ By Dan Kennedy • The press, politics, technology, culture and other passions Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:40:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aaron Read http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50134 Aaron Read Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:36:36 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50134 lkcape, I would be equally horrified if Soros or Murdoch had the ability to control multiple media outlets like that. Haven't the last fifty years proven time and time again that media consolidation never actually saves money? It only dilutes the quality of the product?!? lkcape, I would be equally horrified if Soros or Murdoch had the ability to control multiple media outlets like that.

Haven’t the last fifty years proven time and time again that media consolidation never actually saves money? It only dilutes the quality of the product?!?

]]> By: lkcape http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50128 lkcape Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:49:55 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50128 I'm not sure that you would complain too loudly if George Soros was in charge of The Herald, Fox 25 and a radio station all in same market. I suspect that you would view their "quaintness" slightly differently. I’m not sure that you would complain too loudly if George Soros was in charge of The Herald, Fox 25 and a radio station all in same market.

I suspect that you would view their “quaintness” slightly differently.

]]> By: Mike Deehan http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50126 Mike Deehan Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:28:59 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50126 Excellent panel. I'm glad Marty was there for the "in the trenches" POV. The more I transition from new media student to working journalist, the more I agree with the gray-hairs. I'm glad the webcast and archive are popular! Excellent panel. I’m glad Marty was there for the “in the trenches” POV. The more I transition from new media student to working journalist, the more I agree with the gray-hairs.

I’m glad the webcast and archive are popular!

]]> By: Peter Porcupine http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50125 Peter Porcupine Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:29:09 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50125 DK – By all means, bring back the ‘postal subsidy’. A Kindle in every pot! Media already struggles with its ‘lapdog’ status in the eyes of a little under 50% of the electorate as control of the government sways back and forth. Progressives decried the favorable treatment of Bush/Cheney, conservatives snort at the obeisance paid to Barack and Michelle. Tax breaks and subsidies of newspapers – which would be definition be the largesse of the faction in power – would well and truly end the perception of accountability. DK – By all means, bring back the ‘postal subsidy’. A Kindle in every pot!

Media already struggles with its ‘lapdog’ status in the eyes of a little under 50% of the electorate as control of the government sways back and forth. Progressives decried the favorable treatment of Bush/Cheney, conservatives snort at the obeisance paid to Barack and Michelle.

Tax breaks and subsidies of newspapers – which would be definition be the largesse of the faction in power – would well and truly end the perception of accountability.

]]> By: Treg http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50123 Treg Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:10:29 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50123 And there's a reason for those quaint little "antiquated" laws on cross-ownership. Wouldn't it have been lovely if Murdoch could have had the Herald, Fox 25, AND a radio station all in the same market. And there’s a reason for those quaint little “antiquated” laws on cross-ownership. Wouldn’t it have been lovely if Murdoch could have had the Herald, Fox 25, AND a radio station all in the same market.

]]> By: Treg http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50122 Treg Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:03:36 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50122 I can't help thinking that Dan Kennedy has thought through some of these issues a lot more carefully than Marty Baron has. Google is hurting you - riiiiiiiiiight. I can’t help thinking that Dan Kennedy has thought through some of these issues a lot more carefully than Marty Baron has.

Google is hurting you – riiiiiiiiiight.

]]> By: Dan Kennedy http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50121 Dan Kennedy Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:43:13 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50121 Mike: Every one of those examples was grandfathered in. In Boston, the Herald has wanted a radio station for years, but can't have one. I'm sure the Globe wants to partner with a TV station more closely than it's allowed to do. Mike: Every one of those examples was grandfathered in. In Boston, the Herald has wanted a radio station for years, but can’t have one. I’m sure the Globe wants to partner with a TV station more closely than it’s allowed to do.

]]> By: Alex Minier http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50120 Alex Minier Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:44:37 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50120 Video of the full discussion, including remarks from all three panelists and questions from the audience, is available here: http://www.fordhallforum.org/programs/starr Video of the full discussion, including remarks from all three panelists and questions from the audience, is available here:
http://www.fordhallforum.org/programs/starr

]]> By: Al http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50119 Al Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:32:44 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50119 Dan: Thanks for putting this up on your blog. Al Dan:
Thanks for putting this up on your blog.
Al

]]> By: mike_b1 http://www.dankennedy.net/2009/10/02/accountability-in-the-post-newspaper-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50118 mike_b1 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:26:34 +0000 http://www.dankennedy.net/?p=6326#comment-50118 I am not sure to what Baron refers when he calls for an end to the cross-ownership ban. I can think of lots -- lots! --of examples where not only a media company owns a daily paper and a tv station <i>and</i> a radio station in the same market, but actually owns the dominant entities in each segment in that market. There may be a law against it, but it's not enforced. I am not sure to what Baron refers when he calls for an end to the cross-ownership ban.

I can think of lots — lots! –of examples where not only a media company owns a daily paper and a tv station and a radio station in the same market, but actually owns the dominant entities in each segment in that market.

There may be a law against it, but it’s not enforced.

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