The Future of New Hampshire's Newspapers

By Laura Knoy on Friday, November 13, 2009.

Yesterday ten editors and publishers from Granite State papers met to discuss the challenges of keeping newspapers competitive and profitable in the age of web and social media. We'll talk with some of the panelists about what they learned and what the newspaper of tomorrow might look like.

Guests

  • Mark Guerringue, publisher of the Daily Sun newspapers in Portland, Conway, Laconia and Berlin
    • Terry Williams, publisher of the Telegraph of Nashua
  • Susan Hertz, director of the University of New Hampshire's journalism program

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Why cant newspapers take
NHPR Listener_syracusestudent - Fri, 11/13/2009 - 09:24

Why cant newspapers take them same approach as public radio, as well free content. The problem seems to me that the newspaper industry had not changed their business model in 100 years.

I am 31, I get almost all of
Tim in Canaan NH - Fri, 11/13/2009 - 09:52

I am 31, I get almost all of my national and international news from online sources -- Google News aggregator (which I've customized) -- but there's nothing like my local newspaper, if only because there is no big online presence for the Valley News. I love my subscription to them, but I really wish I could take it with me and read it at my leisure on the go. If I had complete access as a regular subscriber to all content online (for maybe a little bit extra a month? A few dollars?), that would be great. I'd be willing to pay (monthly or a one-time-fee) for a Valley News iPhone app that brought me my local news on the go. Two things need to happen in NH for this sort of thing to take place: 1. the state needs to make huge technological leaps in data coverage and high-speed internet coverage (we are dragging our heels people!), and 2. the newspapers need to think outside of the box as to how they can get the news from them to us, be it in apps, web presence, or through some new technology we have yet to embrace or discover.

The Future of New Hampshire's Newspapers
Joanne H. Gutt - Fri, 11/13/2009 - 18:35

I cut back on receiving the Concord Monitor due to less time at home and wanting to have less paper to throw away. Also, I have a KIndle and would love to receive the Monitor on my Kindle but it is not available. The digital world is here-the news"paper" business needs to accept this fact and adjust accordingly. I am not a youngster so don't say it's just the young who are driving this change.