Questions for Michael Rosenblum
What are some of the ways that you feel is a good way for journalists to make money? What is your opinion on online subscription models and micropayments? Are you familiar with the recent change in Newsday’s online model? Newsday is now charging a subscription fee for their online content to anyone who is not a Cablevision subscriber (their parent company). Is this what you want to see?
What is your opinion on “advertorials”, which are basically glorified advertisements made to look like real pieces of editorial content? Is this blurring the lines between real coverage and advertising, or would you like to see more of this in the future?
You say in your “How to Make Millions in Journalism” article, you write that “all we really need is one or two Craigslists and we’re in business”. In all seriousness, at what point will these student projects become worthwhile?
What do you believe is the future of print? Do you welcome our robotic overlords or do you still think that there is a place for print in journalism? What business models will print need to adopt in order to compete against online content?
I guess what I’m getting at with most of my questions is at what point is there too much of an overlapping of “Church and State”? I know that this holier-than-thou quest for the truth in journalism is unrealistic, but at what point is there a nose-dive from journalistic content to stark commercialism?
