Comments on: Jason Calacanis Cold to Local Newspapers as Business

By: Leonard Witt

Leonard Witt — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:25:20 +0000

Thanks Michael for the suggestion. Each video is about three minutes. I used a still camera with about four minutes of video time, and no capabilities for an extrenal microphone. Perhaps it is time to trade up.

By: Michael Clark

Michael Clark — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:08:03 +0000

Isn’t audio hard? The sounds in food courts just amplify so much. Lapel microphones would be nice to use in that situation, but it is a lot more equipment to carry around.

Suggestion: Could you post how long each video is? I was hesitant to watch this because I didn’t know how long it would take. I was hoping I could start it and click the time stamp to see time remaining, but that didn’t work.

By: Grayson

Grayson — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:34:35 +0000

Try asking Jason what he would do with 5 local news stations. They seem to be thriving on the same old business model just fine. No one has the slightest desire to change what ain’t broke. Roadkill still rules in metro Atlanta.

By: Mel Taylor

Mel Taylor — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:06:24 +0000

jason certainly expresses a growing collection of thought about the newspaper model. in essence, newspapers will realize they are ‘news organizations’ not just ‘papers’

in reference to the background noise, newspapers will need to train their employees on the basics of capturing audio and video. just ’shooting’ will not be enough.

easy to do, but mandatory.

thanks for the interview !!

By: contentious.com - links for 2007-10-23

contentious.com - links for 2007-10-23 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:20:33 +0000

[...] PJNet – Blog – Jason Calacanis Cold to Local Newspapers as Business Video interview: “Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com, a human powered search engine, and previously the co-founder of Weblogs, Inc. which sold for $30 million to AOL, talks about the future of local journalism. He thinks it is a tough business model” (tags: tidbits+fodder video interviews newspapers news+biz business local problems) [...]

By: Leonard Witt

Leonard Witt — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:59:28 +0000

David Pappas Says:
(I’d have enjoyed this interview more without the background noise).

Me Too.

Ever see the sound guys with those dorky earphones while making audio. That’s why; they hear those ambient sounds that without earphones you just miss. Sounds like a prison. The next sets of videos are all done outside. No slamming doors.

By: Radical Georgia Moderate » This ought to sober you up if you work in the news business

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:43:17 +0000

[...] Witt, a friend and Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University, has posted an interview with Jason Calacanis. Calcanis founded Weblogs, Inc. (which he sold to AOL for $30 million) and is [...]

By: David Pappas

David Pappas — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:10:44 +0000

Not surprising to have Jason take this position – I buy in to it at some point but there’s some time before we reach the point that ink on paper news falls down.

(I’d have enjoyed this interview more without the background noise).

Thanks.