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Local newspaper or local website

  • 04-11-2006 01:24AM
    #1
    Dundalk Daily
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭


    With more and more folks getting their news from the www, does anyone think that a local website will overtake a local newspaper in Ireland anytime soon.


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  • #2
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    Dundalk Daily wrote:
    With more and more folks getting their news from the www, does anyone think that a local website will overtake a local newspaper in Ireland anytime soon.



    you read should come up with some examples of your own I can't think of any.

    I dunno if some company out there has combined a neighbours forum/network with the local paper maybem but I don't think any local newspaper have the money/innovation to do big things on the web.


  • #3
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    doubt it; the nationals have struggled to create a worthy web-presence and the locals are even worse.


  • #4
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Hard to read the web on the bog, even now - so its unlikely.

    Mike.


  • #5
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    mike65 wrote:
    Hard to read the web on the bog, even now - so its unlikely.

    Mike.

    What, you never brought your laptop/pda/smartphone to the bog?

    I don't think local websites can do it for the same reason as flogen mentioned. They just don't have either the resources or the readership to make it viable.


  • #6
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,977 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    I work for an up and company local paper in Dublin and I can safely say there is now a bigger demand for local newpapers than ever before. We started 3 years or so ago and such was the interest that the company broke even within six months and was able to expand a lot quicker.

    The circulation is increasing from month to month as people like to combine local news with national. There are still a lot of people out there who are somewhat computer illiterate and prefer the 'old fashioned' trip to the shop for their daily dose of news.


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  • #7
    Dundalk Daily
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭Dundalk Daily


    Looks like the BBC are getting in on the act or at least considering it. The local website is def the thing of the future as news and video can be added in real time rather than on a weekly basis.


  • #8
    Dundalk Daily
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭Dundalk Daily


    Sorry here is the BBC link for the last post.


  • #9
    billy the squid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭billy the squid


    But the BBC can afford to do it as they are not dependent on advertisers, whereas local newspapers are.


  • #10
    Dundalk Daily
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭Dundalk Daily


    Is there any Irish regional newspaper websites worth having a look at. Ive dug out a few and they are dreadful, some not even updated in weeks.


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