Comments on: Free Papers on the Web http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/free-papers-on-the-web/ The Bivings Report (TBR) is a source of news, insight, research and analysis on the web-based communications industry. TBR content is posted, created and managed by internet strategists, media/communications analysts, web developers, designers and programmers, all of whom are employees of The Bivings Group. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:13:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: papers » Free Papers on the Web http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/free-papers-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-150163 papers » Free Papers on the Web Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:42:29 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/free-papers-on-the-web/#comment-150163 [...] Jonathan Ichikawa wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI compiled a list of free papers in the US and checked out their websites, using some of the same criteria as I did in our newspaper study. The object of this was to see if free papers are outperforming their paid-for companions on the … [...] [...] Jonathan Ichikawa wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI compiled a list of free papers in the US and checked out their websites, using some of the same criteria as I did in our newspaper study. The object of this was to see if free papers are outperforming their paid-for companions on the … [...]

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]]> By: links for 2007-04-01 « David Black http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/free-papers-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-144547 links for 2007-04-01 « David Black Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:24:01 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/free-papers-on-the-web/#comment-144547 [...] Free Papers on the Web » The Bivings Report Stats on interactive and multimedia features at 28 free newspapers in the US. Classifieds, article comments and RSS were widespread; while only a few titles had blogs, video and podcasts. (tags: internet newspapers free newspapersites multimedia blogging) [...] [...] Free Papers on the Web » The Bivings Report Stats on interactive and multimedia features at 28 free newspapers in the US. Classifieds, article comments and RSS were widespread; while only a few titles had blogs, video and podcasts. (tags: internet newspapers free newspapersites multimedia blogging) [...]

]]> By: Erin Teeling http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/free-papers-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-143332 Erin Teeling Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:57:01 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/free-papers-on-the-web/#comment-143332 G Marx-- Thanks for your comment. I agree with you that the focus of most free papers (especially smaller publications) is to push their print version out to local audiences. However, because these publications are often targeted towards younger audiences, I expected that the free papers would also have significant Web programs to complement their print versions. G Marx–
Thanks for your comment.
I agree with you that the focus of most free papers (especially smaller publications) is to push their print version out to local audiences.
However, because these publications are often targeted towards younger audiences, I expected that the free papers would also have significant Web programs to complement their print versions.

]]> By: G Marx http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/free-papers-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-143309 G Marx Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:12:51 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/free-papers-on-the-web/#comment-143309 For a list of 46 free dailies, look on the right side of this site: http://free-daily.com/ I suspect free dailies don't put too much effort into their websites because their goal is to get people to pick up their printed paper -- after all, it contains their ads. The web is great at reaching national or international audiences, but when a local retailer needs to reach customers in a smaller community, a printed newspaper is still a better way to go. For a list of 46 free dailies, look on the right side of this site: http://free-daily.com/

I suspect free dailies don’t put too much effort into their websites because their goal is to get people to pick up their printed paper — after all, it contains their ads. The web is great at reaching national or international audiences, but when a local retailer needs to reach customers in a smaller community, a printed newspaper is still a better way to go.

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