RIP RIU
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 11:50 am
Rip It Up to cease publication.
Sad news indeed.
Sad news indeed.
Pseudo wrote:Rip It Up to cease publication.
Sad news indeed.
Booney wrote:Pseudo wrote:Rip It Up to cease publication.
Sad news indeed.
No way! That sux balls.
Dogwatcher wrote:Bloody sad. They went to an online publication about a year ago and it hasn't really worked. Sadly, it's a pointer to what's happening in the industry.
Corona Man wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:Bloody sad. They went to an online publication about a year ago and it hasn't really worked. Sadly, it's a pointer to what's happening in the industry.
Absolutely Dogwatcher. I am seeing it as well. A competitor of mine in Qld went purely online. Dead, buried gone within 6 months! The death of the newspaper was predicted 40 odd years ago, due to Radio & TV. Newspapers, despite their falling readership are surviving for now. Purely online publications face tough times, in terms of cut through. One online publication that I do subscribe too, can often take 5 or more minutes to download. Too hard. I close it down and get on with something else.
Booney wrote:Corona Man wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:Bloody sad. They went to an online publication about a year ago and it hasn't really worked. Sadly, it's a pointer to what's happening in the industry.
Absolutely Dogwatcher. I am seeing it as well. A competitor of mine in Qld went purely online. Dead, buried gone within 6 months! The death of the newspaper was predicted 40 odd years ago, due to Radio & TV. Newspapers, despite their falling readership are surviving for now. Purely online publications face tough times, in terms of cut through. One online publication that I do subscribe too, can often take 5 or more minutes to download. Too hard. I close it down and get on with something else.
I think the problem with online publications is the amount you can access thus it muddies the waters for what you actually spend time on.
Facebook read through, Twitter read through, couple of forums, update a podcast or two, maybe Nine MSN or News.com or the like and how have you got time for downloading and viewing anything else?
Booney wrote:Indeed, outside of the 8-5 grind I barely look at a screen. You'll note rarely post on here on weekends.
So it seems the challenge is no longer getting a hard copy in our hands but also an electronic one on our screens. Hard work for advertisers....
saintal wrote:db was the better publication back in the day, for what it's worth.