Can A Print Magazine Compete With Internet By Being Slower... But More Analytical?

from the depends-on-the-execution dept

The press is happily covering the news that some journalists are launching a new (paper) magazine called "Dispatches" by focusing on the supposed "contrarian" nature of the operation: it's focused on print, rather than the internet (though it will have an internet presence), and it's only going to publish once per quarter. The folks behind the magazine say they're trying to slow things down a little, and will focus on providing better analysis than the rapidfire approach of internet reporting. That makes sense -- but it's hardly new. Plenty of other press outlets have done the same thing -- and, realistically, the analyst business is based on this same premise (just with the idea that the content is paid for by companies receiving it rather than advertisers). Either way, even if the concept isn't particularly new, at the very least it's nice to see a magazine launch with a plan as to how to differentiate. That said, the differentiation is meaningless if it can't execute well and get people interested in the sort of in-depth content it hopes to provide.

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