Comments on: Media General offers buyouts in Tampa http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/14/media-general-offers-buyouts-in-tampa/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/14/media-general-offers-buyouts-in-tampa/#comment-882347 Dan Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:21:16 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/14/media-general-offers-buyouts-in-tampa/#comment-882347 You've got five destinations with the same news coverage. What's the point of that? And the stories are all just repurposed. If I go to the St. Pete Times, this is a totally different news organization. DIfferent viewpoint. Different reporters. One place to see it. Do we need five URLs that provide the same thing? Do we need a TV transmitter so I can see a newsroom that's decided for me, what I should see and in what order I should see it, the very same news I can see how I want and when I want online? Not to mention in a 60 minutes newscast, just about half of it is teases, promos and spots. Dan You’ve got five destinations with the same news coverage. What’s the point of that?
And the stories are all just repurposed.

If I go to the St. Pete Times, this is a totally different
news organization. DIfferent viewpoint. Different
reporters. One place to see it.

Do we need five URLs that provide the same thing?
Do we need a TV transmitter so I can see a newsroom
that’s decided for me, what I should see and in what
order I should see it, the very same news
I can see how I want and when I want online?

Not to mention in a 60 minutes newscast, just about half of it is teases, promos and spots.

Dan

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