About two dozen newspaper industry executives, including David Thompson, publisher of The Oklahoman and president of OPUBCO Communications Group, huddled Thursday to explore how they might be able to boost profits from their online operations and take full advantage of the many new technologies available.
The meeting at a Chicago hotel is the latest indication that many newspapers intend to become more aggressive about protecting their Internet content and, in some cases, charging Web surfers to read the material.
"We are in a period of great transformation. New platforms have allowed us to reach more readers than we ever have. As we reset our business model, we will be ever-mindful of our core first amendment responsibilities. Gathering and producing news has great value. We will innovate and find new ways of funding our journalism,” said Chris Reen, executive vice president of OPUBCO Communications Group. "Meetings like this will move our industry forward. Our content flows too freely across too many Web sites. It’s time to more closely examine the web’s current model.”
Thursday’s meeting was called "Models to Lawfully Monetize Content,” according to an agenda obtained by The Associated Press. James Warren, a former managing editor for the Chicago Tribune, reported about the meeting earlier on The Atlantic’s Web site.
The meeting was held "to discuss how best to support and preserve the traditions of newsgathering that will serve the American public,” according to the Newspaper Association of America, the trade group that organized the gathering. An antitrust lawyer attended the meeting to caution the participants about laws prohibiting collusion or other anticompetitive measures.
The session included presentations by Attributor Inc., a Silicon Valley company that specializes in identifying online copyright violations, and Journalism Online, a startup that hopes to collect Internet fees on behalf of participating newspapers.
Other topics included a possible industrywide solution to classified advertising.
Executives from most of the major U.S. newspaper publishers attended Thursday’s meeting, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Tom Curley, chief executive of The Associated Press, also was on hand. The AP is a news cooperative owned by newspapers.
by the associated press
The meeting at a Chicago hotel is the latest indication that many newspapers intend to become more aggressive about protecting their Internet content and, in some cases, charging Web surfers to read the material.
"We are in a period of great transformation. New platforms have allowed us to reach more readers than we ever have. As we reset our business model, we will be ever-mindful of our core first amendment responsibilities. Gathering and producing news has great value. We will innovate and find new ways of funding our journalism,” said Chris Reen, executive vice president of OPUBCO Communications Group. "Meetings like this will move our industry forward. Our content flows too freely across too many Web sites. It’s time to more closely examine the web’s current model.”
Thursday’s meeting was called "Models to Lawfully Monetize Content,” according to an agenda obtained by The Associated Press. James Warren, a former managing editor for the Chicago Tribune, reported about the meeting earlier on The Atlantic’s Web site.
The meeting was held "to discuss how best to support and preserve the traditions of newsgathering that will serve the American public,” according to the Newspaper Association of America, the trade group that organized the gathering. An antitrust lawyer attended the meeting to caution the participants about laws prohibiting collusion or other anticompetitive measures.
The session included presentations by Attributor Inc., a Silicon Valley company that specializes in identifying online copyright violations, and Journalism Online, a startup that hopes to collect Internet fees on behalf of participating newspapers.
Other topics included a possible industrywide solution to classified advertising.
Executives from most of the major U.S. newspaper publishers attended Thursday’s meeting, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Tom Curley, chief executive of The Associated Press, also was on hand. The AP is a news cooperative owned by newspapers.
by the associated press
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