Comments on: Updated: ‘The Daily’ Has A Big Problem http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/ The economics of digital content Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Greg Fitzgerald http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82287 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:33:17 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82287 Loading issues are a problem, but my biggest disappointment was with content. There’s very little news in this app and lots of glitz. A handful of very nicely done pieces and photos, but I was struck by how little news was available. I’m assuming the publisher is hoping this will become the “go to” app over morning coffee. For $40 a year, I’m going to need a lot more news content, not to mention content that appears faster than it takes to brew a pot of coffee. NYT and NPR still my morning read.

]]> By: UncommonSense http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82286 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:17:40 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82286 The Daily’s main problem is not technical. Its main problem is the problem that NewsCorp shares with the NYT and every other premium outlet that thinks large numbers of people will pay for subscriptions to their electronic newspapers: people don’t have enough money to subscribe to everything they want to read. More importantly, they don’t have to because much of what they want to read is available for free.

The subscription model worked for local papers when all you had was your local paper and the TV news. If you lived in Houston, you needed to know what was going on in Houston, so you subscribed to the Chronicle (or to the Post once upon a time a long time ago…). That was all the news you got and it was all the news you needed. More important, it was all the news you wanted.

The Internet changed all that, and it changed it permanently. Now, you expect to be able to read about what happened at the city council last night, and about the protests Tahrir square yesterday, and about that shooting at Youngstown State on Saturday. You don’t have enough money, however, to subscribe to every outlet that has the information you want. Fortunately, you don’t have to subscribe. Most of it is available for free. You have become accustomed to this. You are not going to change. The news industry will have to change to accommodate your expectations.

The Daily will fail because insists on trying to squeeze money out of people who simply do not have to pay it to get what they want.

]]> By: Cindy K http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82285 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:38:42 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82285 I think for their first four day out there, it is a fun experience.

Will hold them to a higher bar at some point, but reasonably pleased.

Moment of truth will be my wallet behavior In two weeks. Till then, a pleasant and free ride.

]]> By: Aleron http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82284 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 01:03:39 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82284 I love how Apple products ‘just work’ NOT the Faily is a weekly mess and exhibits every reason why paid news is dead

]]> By: Staci D. Kramer http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82283 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:50:48 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82283 @Henry_3_Dogg it’s in Canada and Australia now.

]]> By: Henry_3_Dogg http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82282 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:21:24 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82282 Why launch an ePaper that’s not international.

Mad!

]]> By: Redfuzzydog http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82281 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:06:39 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82281 It is only a few days old, and I will cut it a little slack. It is a fun read, and I guess that is my first litmus test. I tried The Project out, and I left mid-read. Nothing made it digital.

This is a true digital publication, and I do give them credit for that. Do I want to pay for content? That is another question, and only time will tell.

]]> By: Asanborne http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82280 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:00:11 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82280 Oh, stop being so dramatic — “The Daily has a BIG PROBLEM”. No, the daily has some bugs to fix and when it’s done, people will love reading it, unlike my experience reading this insignificant article.

]]> By: SubAstute http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82279 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:39:25 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82279 Very much in agreement, as I have experienced some of the same problems. Great concept, nice design, though my excitement wanes daily for The Daily. Other annoyances are fixed font size and lack of a story archive. No subscription for me until the issues are resolved. As an alternative, I’m actually enjoying the free USA Today app quite a bit.

]]> By: Staci D. Kramer http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82278 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:51:04 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/06/419-the-daily-has-a-big-problem/#comment-82278 @Stuart I agree. The daily nature of The Daily may amplify the problems
Wired and others have with heavy files.

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