tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post4022793180734113234..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Sunday Mornings: Coffee, Reflections and MusicA Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-2554463095615328012009-10-10T15:24:30.018+01:002009-10-10T15:24:30.018+01:00I'm with you...I won't cough up $ to read ...I'm with you...I won't cough up $ to read news online. No plan B yet for me either. <br /><br />I like your ideas though...especially investing in the young generation.High Desert Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612606483622054573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-65529546298818824332009-10-01T12:44:16.467+01:002009-10-01T12:44:16.467+01:00Many thanks to you all for your kind comments.
Gr...Many thanks to you all for your kind comments.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-50443884278764306852009-10-01T04:47:59.984+01:002009-10-01T04:47:59.984+01:00I know it's not what this post mainly is about...I know it's not what this post mainly is about but I have to say that I love Four Weddings and a Funeral!!<br />AND also I agree with Renee....paper please!!Ida/FarEastLogbookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16022806712750536945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-58969764264540524192009-09-29T17:30:04.001+01:002009-09-29T17:30:04.001+01:00I know I'm in the minority here but I think th...I know I'm in the minority here but I think the medium of delivery is inconsequential to the content of the message. It doesn't matter to me whether I get the news on paper, on a computer screen, from radio waves, television screen, or word of mouth. What matters to me is that the news is timely, complete and accurate. <br /><br />Newspapers who saw and responded to the inevitable have made a seamless shift to the internet. The best example I know is our local newspaper, The San Jose Mercury News. We still get the daily paper delivered to our doorstep and I will miss it dearly when that option dries up, but I know I have access to their excellent website: http://www.mercurynews.com/ With the advantage of being located in Silicon Valley, they managed to successfully shift their resources and the eyeballs of their readers to the internet. <br /><br />I love your idea of investing in the younger generation, especially at the primary level where you have the highest chance of sparking a passion. <br /><br />Great, great post, Cuban!Dutchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296297519447526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-41726778635659011102009-09-29T16:02:00.569+01:002009-09-29T16:02:00.569+01:00Hello! Another Guardanista here. Nothing beats a ...Hello! Another Guardanista here. Nothing beats a Saturday morning reading the newspaper and all the extras... Like you, I don't buy it for the news, but for the opinion, and in-depth analysis. However, I don't buy newspapers any other day. I love the feeling of reading a paper product, but not enough to pay for it, when I can get news on the Internet. Also, I don't have time to read the whole newspaper on a normal day. I don't think newspapers will disappear (they also said radio would dissapear because of television), but I think they'd change and they'd need to find a new business model to survive. Exciting times!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371082850268120153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-71923512392413046122009-09-29T15:46:47.742+01:002009-09-29T15:46:47.742+01:00your post is a veritable banquet of food for thoug...your post is a veritable banquet of food for thought; i'm so pleased you left a comment with me, that i might follow the trail of crumbs to your door.<br /><br />journals which have been in print for many, many decades are dropping like flies in the u.s., however what resonates with me most in your post is the following; "She is one of those few musicians, in my view, who can convey a sense of nostalgia and pining for events yet to be lived."<br /><br />i, too, have felt this upon hearing particular performances; a queer feeling indeed, and i think the ultimate in musical experience...the transcending of time and space, the communion of spirit.<br /><br />i thank you for these profound words.adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17981984403481555118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-28832843654437302312009-09-29T14:37:11.824+01:002009-09-29T14:37:11.824+01:00Many thanks for your kind feedback. I agree with y...Many thanks for your kind feedback. I agree with you Mariana that the internet is a copycat. And it can be in that old Dickensian adage: the best of all experiences, or the worst one.<br /><br />Fly Girl, I have to admit that when it comes to US journalism I find myself in a vacuum, because all I have are references. However, I think that the Washington Post, The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle still provide good value for money. One initiative that has been doing the rounds is for the bigger national and regional newspapers to start buying the local journals, which to me is appalling because a reporter in Colorado will not necessarily know how to write about Boston, for instance.<br /><br />Many thanks for your comments.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-38625883669427927832009-09-29T14:02:26.265+01:002009-09-29T14:02:26.265+01:00Very timely post. As a journalist that teaches col...Very timely post. As a journalist that teaches college journalism courses, I can tell you that there is panic that newspapers truly are dead. Unfortunately, the American press does not maintain the level of analysis and diversity of the British press. As a major city, Chicago is faced with becoming a one paper town as the bankruptcy of the Chicago Sun Times (a publication I started my career at) appears to be slowly killing it. I don't believe that newspapers are dead either but i do believe that their influence will continue to lessen. Your point about educatiing young students hit the nail on the head. None of my college journalism students read newspapers. The last generation to read papers daily is now in retirement. The younger generation relies on the internet for the news, accurate or not. I agree, newspapers will have to invest more in their websites as well as programs to interest more people in entering the field. Newspapers won't die but they won't have the same life they once had either.Fly Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191335990973494972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-92197751293482431262009-09-29T13:56:11.427+01:002009-09-29T13:56:11.427+01:00Thanks for your post! I think that media should c...Thanks for your post! I think that media should charge for on-line readership. They are providing a service. Thanks for visiting my blog BTW.likeschocolatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01733431135937009206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-23228152993028990622009-09-29T09:39:47.698+01:002009-09-29T09:39:47.698+01:00Hi my friend, this article is great, thanks here a...Hi my friend, this article is great, thanks here are a couple of paragraph I wrote myself about the same and related themes. Hope you find them interesting. Cheers<br /><br />The internet is a copy machine. At its most foundational level, it copies every action, every character, every thought we make while we ride upon it. In order to send a message from one corner of the internet to another, the protocols of communication demand that the whole message be copied along the way several times. IT companies make a lot of money selling equipment that facilitates this ceaseless copying. Every bit of data ever produced on any computer is copied somewhere. The digital economy is thus run on a river of copies. Unlike the mass-produced reproductions of the machine age, these copies are not just cheap, they are free,<br /><br />The act of copying is actually a fundamental human drive. It can be seen everywhere, in everything, from fashion to linguistics to basic human development. Children are obsessive copiers. They dedicate a large amount of their time to imitate their parents, One of their principal learning strategies is copying others while doing the activity they want to be able to perform. <br />http://singyourownlullaby.blogspot.com/2009/06/copyright.html<br /><br />The Internet chews up media and spits them out again. Sometimes they get more robust. Sometimes they get more profitable. Sometimes they die.It's a scary thought, especially if you're personally attached to an old medium like movies, books, records, or newspapers.<br /><br />But just because an industry is socially worthy, it doesn't follow that it is commercially viable. Today, besides newspapers, three other media are thrashing over their futures in a networked world, and as with newspapers, the rhetoric is mostly of the nonproductive "But I like it!" and "It's good for society!" variety, with not enough thought given to whether these media are commercially viable in the Internet age.<br /><br />http://singyourownlullaby.blogspot.com/2009/02/media-morphosis.htmlMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-34378415442397425052009-09-29T00:21:20.360+01:002009-09-29T00:21:20.360+01:00To wit, any partisan attitude must be jettisoned i...<i>To wit, any partisan attitude must be jettisoned in the interest of a more fair and balanced press. </i><br /><br />I'm ALL for it!!Relyn Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-33875161826531141792009-09-28T20:04:32.494+01:002009-09-28T20:04:32.494+01:00I am a dinosaur. In an effort to move around our h...I am a dinosaur. In an effort to move around our house without stumbling onto a book, my husband bought me a Kindle. It works wonderful and I do use it but I cannot let go of print. I have to have my hands dirty, I have to be able to open a book or a newspaper and stick my nose between the cover and breath.Yolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068063513978782703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-605701773293651122009-09-28T19:58:55.994+01:002009-09-28T19:58:55.994+01:00Oh, I love the heaviness of the Sunday paper!Oh, I love the heaviness of the Sunday paper!Kathryn Magendiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-5617280979159964422009-09-28T17:58:28.981+01:002009-09-28T17:58:28.981+01:00Wonderful post. Thanks for coming by my blog. I ...Wonderful post. Thanks for coming by my blog. I can't imagine not holding a book in my hand, newspapers I haven't read for years, but books...ah that would make me sad.Stacey J. Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059617724860253448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-72493796749900576182009-09-28T17:55:58.611+01:002009-09-28T17:55:58.611+01:00Another fascinating post. And, as always, beautif...Another fascinating post. And, as always, beautifully crafted - succinct, eloquent and informative. Thank you, Mr. Cuban, very much.<br /><br />I too, like many of your commentators, am a Guardianista - albeit without the 2nd home abroad, and to the faint disapproval of my husband who is firmly wedded to the FT. I just cannot imagine life without print journalism - oh the horror, the desolation....<br /><br />Thank you, too, for stopping by my blog despite my being so frequently absent from the Blogosphere lately. I hope now to be back, writing and reading, at full steam!<br /><br />I'm off to play catch-up on the rest of your posts. xxTessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233122532137654099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-48245919552368481912009-09-28T16:58:16.222+01:002009-09-28T16:58:16.222+01:00I was brought up to read the NYTimes every day, an...I was brought up to read the NYTimes every day, and a year ago I finally had to drop the hard copy delivery because I could no longer afford their increases. I read the Times for free online, and no one's in a panic yet about a charge. I really don't think that's imminent. <br /> I do love the interaction online..and though newsprint is part of our heritage, it will probably take more than nostalgia to pull us through. <br /> Like everyone else, I like the freebies I get, but a new system is approaching in which even I will have to pay.Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985979258848310351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-78999407303631378692009-09-28T16:20:35.800+01:002009-09-28T16:20:35.800+01:00That was just brilliant. The opening was too good....That was just brilliant. The opening was too good. I was still thinking admiringly of it when I should have been concentrating on the very crucial issues you raise. I shall have to re-read it when I have more leisure to take it in.<br /><br />Like Bee I am a Saturday Guardianista. If I bought only one paper during the week, it would be that one.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-42863129848428024452009-09-28T13:58:00.284+01:002009-09-28T13:58:00.284+01:00It will be a very sad day if print disapears. I t...It will be a very sad day if print disapears. I think the policing of the internet will become more strick as more and more content comes online, not sure if I like that idea.Boss Mare Eventinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039910692009593158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-68683479354631016622009-09-28T13:43:02.849+01:002009-09-28T13:43:02.849+01:00Many thanks to you all for your kind comments. One...Many thanks to you all for your kind comments. One of my most precious moments if when I come back from the newsagents on a Saturday or Sunday with my fat Guardian under my arm. It makes me feel elated. Sunday autumnal mornings are best enjoyed with a cup of coffee, or a gourd of well-brewed strong 'mate', in hand and reading the latest column by the fantastic Robert McCrum or Catherine Bennet's sharp, incisive and cynical analysis.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-19917609459112506862009-09-28T02:54:18.394+01:002009-09-28T02:54:18.394+01:00We're all talking about it from the point of v...We're all talking about it from the point of view of the reader . . . and there are still some of us out here who want print on paper - but there are so many more who get their news, reviews, editorials online.<br /><br />Newspapers, however, are losing the advertising dollars that keep them afloat. Print is a dying medium - some even read from their kindle instead of from a book. My husband is in the print industry and knows it is headed the way of the caboose.<br /><br />The times they are a-changing . . .Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-83845681541143690052009-09-28T01:55:05.294+01:002009-09-28T01:55:05.294+01:00Good morning! Since it will most likely be morning...Good morning! Since it will most likely be morning your time when you get this. I always enjoy Sunday blogging to see what next you'll post for us to listen to. Good thing you do since it is about the only music I get. Thanks!<br /><br />And thank you for your very nice comment on my blog. It is much appreciated!tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-2626296350045891592009-09-28T00:25:23.895+01:002009-09-28T00:25:23.895+01:00I think there are too many who love browsing throu...I think there are too many who love browsing through papers for print to die despite the terrible competition from the internet... one of the things I most miss here is the Guardian, plus Sunday mornings reading all the sunday newspapers with all the supplements and sections...the first thing i always head for when I get back to London...alas there are no real substitutes here in Mexico...Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255193476024745869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-80795899367425324702009-09-28T00:14:21.621+01:002009-09-28T00:14:21.621+01:00What an excellent, interesting post. I guiltily ca...What an excellent, interesting post. I guiltily called the NY Times the other day to cancel my Sunday subscription. When the operator pointed out that I'd been a subscriber for over twenty years, I tried to stand firm and told her that I had subscription on my Kindle. She then offered me my same subscription at 1/2 off the regular price for the next six months. She seemed desperate and I'm a sucker, so I fell for it. Sigh. I just can't get rid of the NY Times paper Sunday edition, even when I try.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-16289584204210727412009-09-27T23:41:06.025+01:002009-09-27T23:41:06.025+01:00I am a Guardianista, too. (No second house in Fra...I am a Guardianista, too. (No second house in France either.) I buy it every Saturday no matter what. I buy other things, too; I also read online. It's all part of the mix, and I heartily agree with you: print journalism still has its place. If I want serious commentary, that is where I go. I think they need to continue to invest in that direction because there is PLENTY of "trash" around.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-86540726666128982202009-09-27T20:01:09.669+01:002009-09-27T20:01:09.669+01:00Paper is not dead. No way, I need to feel paper i...Paper is not dead. No way, I need to feel paper in my hand from a book or the newspaper every day.<br /><br />Love Renee xoxoReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.com