The point is that instead of a monolithic brick of printed content - delivered more or less unchanged to all subscribers - social media offers news that is personalized and nimble.
News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television.
People come to my shows and know that they're going to hear about what's going on in the world - what's happening at the moment. My material is as new as anything on the dinner table.
The day that I spearheaded the passage of America Fast Forward... the newspaper of record did not put it in the newspaper; what they put was my breakup with my ex-girlfriend. I took umbrage with that. A great newspaper ought to be printing things that people care about, issues that people care about.
In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
I tried to steer the student newspaper toward more pertinent information instead of the usual gossip and bull.
I have 250 contacts, employees, and investors who, anytime they come across something relevant, will share it with me. I wake up to 10-15 links that people have explicitly recommended for me. I don't have to look for news anymore; it flows to me.
Everything was happening all the time. You never needed television.
A newspaper that reduces its coverage of the news important to its community is certain to reduce its readership as well
