[WikiEN-l] Online Newspapers Considering Subscription Model

[Ray Saintonge]

Al Tally wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Bod Notbod wrote:
>   
>> I take your point. Although a difference strikes me. I'm not sure it's
>> valid but I'll throw it out there.
>>
>> Where a book (possibly out of print) is cited we should be giving
>> details of Title, Author, ISBN and possibly Edition.
>>
>> With newspaper links we should be giving Newspaper, Journalist, Access
>> Date...
>>
>> I'm wondering if, if newspaper content goes behind a pay wall, we
>> would really have to be giving citation information that pertains to
>> the actual printed copy of the article, ie, Newspaper, Print Date and
>> Page Number?
>>     
>
> Thing is, I expect most people don't keep newspapers, but people do have
> plenty of books, easily accessible in libraries and in their homes (and easy
> to buy). I don't know the case for other people, but in my "local" library
> old local newspapers are kept on microfilm, which makes accessing them
> really tedious, especially if you don't know when whatever you're looking
> for occurred. At least books are generally easily accessible. Newspapers
> more often than not are chucked away by most people, which makes citing them
> difficult if News Corp does this and other news sites follow suit.
>
>   
There are plenty of reasons for throwing out old newspapers.
    # The most significant element in their content is the ads.
    # It does not take long for a pile of old newspapers to reach the 
ceiling.
    # They are printed on inferior paper, and turn yellow in a week.
    # They are a fire hazard.

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