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Make money from old newspapers

I was pretty harsh in saying that these organizations basically deserve whatever they get, because they refuse to recognize that society has changed in ways that make their old business models obsolete. Develop an iTunes-like application devoted frim reading content in general, and newspapers specifically. What if Adobe Acrobat reader allowed you to pay for content you viewed on behalf of the content publisher? Make money from old newspapers searchable, bookmarkable… it newspaeprs much rocks. Maximize ad revenue through content classification. Yes, this does mean investing in technology, which newspapers talk a lot about, but I fail to see it. Stop printing. Instead of hanging onto a dead medium for daily news, take the lead, drop print, and use the huge sums of money currently being funneled off into real estate, machinery, labor, paper, and ink, and put them to much better use by by investing in technologies and people who know how to take full advantage of technology and social medi...