Comments on: CNN ends a web news experiment http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 07:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: John Dallman http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-635677 John Dallman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-635677 CNN has grasped a bit of reality. Trying to reproduce one medium - TV - in another is not very likely to work. Each medium has its own form. For news on the Internet, that's text, with pictures and video of actual news events, rather than of people talking about them. Listening to an "anchor" talk is just too time-consuming; reading is quicker. CNN has grasped a bit of reality. Trying to reproduce one medium – TV – in another is not very likely to work. Each medium has its own form. For news on the Internet, that’s text, with pictures and video of actual news events, rather than of people talking about them. Listening to an “anchor” talk is just too time-consuming; reading is quicker.

]]> By: VagabondAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-636753 VagabondAstronomer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-636753 Free content always makes me chuckle. This seems to imply that the Internet is free. It certainly isn't for me; like many, I pay my local ISP for access. So, for me, the Internet is like cable television; you have a lot that comes with the base price. To a degree, I understand where companies like Newscorp, and to a lesser degree CNN, are coming from. Only to a degree, mind you. On the other hand, paradigms shift. Not keeping up sometimes exacts a heavy toll. Free content always makes me chuckle. This seems to imply that the Internet is free. It certainly isn’t for me; like many, I pay my local ISP for access. So, for me, the Internet is like cable television; you have a lot that comes with the base price. To a degree, I understand where companies like Newscorp, and to a lesser degree CNN, are coming from. Only to a degree, mind you.
On the other hand, paradigms shift. Not keeping up sometimes exacts a heavy toll.

]]> By: zandar http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-635762 zandar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-635762 Agreed, John Dallman. I turn to the web for the news quite a bit anyway, but it always trumps TV news when I am in a hurry and want to know what's going on right now. For that, text is king. Plus, web video, which is done quite well by few (netflix, for example), is done poorly by most. TV news transplanted into the web video realm largely falls into the latter category. Agreed, John Dallman. I turn to the web for the news quite a bit anyway, but it always trumps TV news when I am in a hurry and want to know what’s going on right now. For that, text is king.

Plus, web video, which is done quite well by few (netflix, for example), is done poorly by most. TV news transplanted into the web video realm largely falls into the latter category.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-635768 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-635768 I actually enjoyed watching the CNN web feed while I worked--I didn't mind having the anchors there at all, providing the glue. Since I was usually doing other work, I didn't mind having it on in the background in that passive mode where anchors work better than having text/pictures/video that you have to be active with. I actually enjoyed watching the CNN web feed while I worked–I didn’t mind having the anchors there at all, providing the glue. Since I was usually doing other work, I didn’t mind having it on in the background in that passive mode where anchors work better than having text/pictures/video that you have to be active with.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-640426 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-640426 i enjoyed cnn.com live. I not only read, but also listen to different news media, have to say CNN.com live was doing a great job by bringing journalism to a whole new dimension - interaction. Thus, it provided a great deal on perspectives and a peek into the underlining problems that still prevails in our societies. The anchors were great mediators without silencing the much needed dialogue. Great that CNN has been providing this service for 'free', however, laying off anchors and production crews simply in this manner is not acceptable, CNN has not even offered an official explanation, thus leaving their viewers scratching their heads. Without this bad management, I would have paid to keep CNN on because of the perks and elements the previous format displayed. What a shame. i enjoyed cnn.com live. I not only read, but also listen to different news media, have to say CNN.com live was doing a great job by bringing journalism to a whole new dimension – interaction.

Thus, it provided a great deal on perspectives and a peek into the underlining problems that still prevails in our societies. The anchors were great mediators without silencing the much needed dialogue.

Great that CNN has been providing this service for ‘free’, however, laying off anchors and production crews simply in this manner is not acceptable, CNN has not even offered an official explanation, thus leaving their viewers scratching their heads.

Without this bad management, I would have paid to keep CNN on because of the perks and elements the previous format displayed.

What a shame.

]]> By: dimitri5 http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-637107 dimitri5 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-637107 I also agree with Dalman. The message must fit the medium. I also agree with Dalman. The message must fit the medium.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-635609 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-635609 Not really suprising- after years of free content, we're finally seeing a reverse in this. Looks like we might have to start paying for the internet a bit more.. Not really suprising- after years of free content, we’re finally seeing a reverse in this. Looks like we might have to start paying for the internet a bit more..

]]> By: adonai http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-636383 adonai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-636383 @#1 - didn't know Rupert Murdoch read Boing Boing! @#1 – didn’t know Rupert Murdoch read Boing Boing!

]]> By: KanedaJones http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-637164 KanedaJones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-637164 Oh and don't forget the ads. tv is a 'free' medium that is paid for by advertisers. Web ads don't make them any where near as much, but then again with tv viewers in decline and 500 channels to pick from tv ad money is getting smaller too. How tv execs think they should stay the same on one hand (bad shows) and totally change on the other hand (charge more directly) would seem so baffling if it wasn't for the one unifying factor in both motives. grab the money and run. Oh and don’t forget the ads. tv is a ‘free’ medium that is paid for by advertisers.

Web ads don’t make them any where near as much, but then again with tv viewers in decline and 500 channels to pick from tv ad money is getting smaller too.

How tv execs think they should stay the same on one hand (bad shows) and totally change on the other hand (charge more directly) would seem so baffling if it wasn’t for the one unifying factor in both motives.

grab the money and run.

]]> By: voidmstr http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/cnn-ends-a-web-news.html#comment-635636 voidmstr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-635636 As b!X pointed out elsewhere, "web anchors" are too unimportant to have their names mentioned in the story. As b!X pointed out elsewhere, “web anchors” are too unimportant to have their names mentioned in the story.

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