Comments on: WaPo Weighs New Politics Site

By: Sohbet

Sohbet — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:54:00 +0000

If the Post web site is not attracting huge ad revenues and actual profits, then why on earth create another web site..

By: site ekle

site ekle — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:50:07 +0000

If the Post web site is not attracting huge ad revenues and actual profits, then why on earth create another web site?

By: bselvin

bselvin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:07:02 +0000

thefrontpage, your take on the Post's strategy could describe just about every newspaper in this country. If the bosses would focus on retaining the most seasoned, most experienced, most talented, most proven reporters and writers instead of casting them loose, replacing them with web-savvy youngsters and flailing about for some magic formula -- if they would build on their strengths and let the rising journalists create their own vehicles -- I think we could all find a home in the new media landscape.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:41:56 +0000

I agree with jon that the Post has to start concentrating on breaking stories. The second part of this is that it has to do stories that take aim at all sides. Many of the reporters have Obama biases -- John Harris and Vandehei said this at Politico some months ago. One reason I read Politico is that the writers there take potshots at everyone. The same is true of Jake Tapper at ABC. I trust the writers there, because one day they're after McCain, the next after Obama, etc. The current crop of Post reporters does not seem to be able to dig. And the wasted resources on things like reporting on what the candidate did each day, e.g., "he talked to a crowd of 50 geriatrics patients at a pancake breakfast, blah blah." They were waaaay behind the pulse on the Wright story, for example.

By: Perhaps

Perhaps — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:07:19 +0000

they could still buy Postpwned.com

By: jon

jon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:34:48 +0000

This is classic WP. Rajiv and Bill have done a disasterous job perpetuating Susan Glasser's arrogance and ruining the paper's politics coverage. Now they are going to tell the web folks what to do. Wemple is right -why don't they take a break from their condescending memo-writing and figure out a way to break a single story on any subject Post readers care about?

By: thefrontpage

thefrontpage — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:33:49 +0000

Isn't there tons of politics news at the Post's web site? Why does there need to be another site? How will the new site be any different from the Post web site? Will the new site take people away from the newspaper site? What will be the actual difference between the two sites? Why does the Post need another web site? How will the content of the two sites be any different? If the Post web site is not attracting huge ad revenues and actual profits, then why on earth create another web site? Why spend money on something in the wake of forcing out 100 of your best people, including Richard Harrington, Eve Zibart, Tim Page, Bob Woodward, David Broder, Judy Sarasohn, Pat Myers (the Style Invitational), Steve Barr, and many, many others? Why force out talented people and then create a new web site that could very well not have a clear purpose, not attract ads, not attract profits, be a drain on finances, and not even have a clear purpose? What sense does any of this make? And the Post wonders why subscriptions, profits, readership, ads and ad revenues are down?

By: G-Funk

G-Funk — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:24:49 +0000

The Post had a top-notch, very well-regarded politics site called PoliticsNow. This was back in the '95 to '97 timeframe. I still have a great t-shirt and some excellent promotional cups. And even the clock from the office wall, which came with me when the Post and its partners (ABC News & National Journal) decided to pull the plug on a very successful web property. Because (apparently) being the first, best product on the market wasn't quite good enough.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:15:28 +0000

Didn't the Post HAVE a packaged politics site about 8 years ago. It was called OnPolitics. I still have a t-shirt promoting it.