SDWC notes the failure of yet another Argus Leader attempt at blogging:
Anyone remember that the Argus Leader was going to make another attempt at blogging? Yes, I had nearly forgotten it as well. Back long ago when they wanted to give it another go, here was their justification:
...the reality is you - our readers - aren't that way. And our readers are getting more technologically savvy by the hour.
So we're going to use technology - the Web - to deal with a couple of niggling issues we've had on the editorial page since there have been editorial pages:
• Immediacy. We want to do things more quickly.
• Interaction. We want communication to be a two-way street.We've got new features that will allow readers to get involved in the editorial page and also allow us to get information out more quickly - specifically during the legislative session in Pierre, when events move so quickly they often can overtake the printed page
Immediacy and interaction. Well, they had one of them right. Blogs do offer interaction. But for immediacy, well..... Let's just say that one must keep up on it.
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