tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004853544242794101.post2685235287980518175..comments2023-05-28T16:52:07.570+01:00Comments on Engagement 101: What can make print more compelling than online?Andrew Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10998244517862702881noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004853544242794101.post-87544632218524522552008-04-23T13:57:00.000+01:002008-04-23T13:57:00.000+01:00Hi dpotterI like this idea of reading the magazine...Hi dpotter<BR/><BR/>I like this idea of reading the magazine "from back to front and stop when I get to the stories I already know about.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if news websites should introduce "least read" lists as well as a "most read".Andrew Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998244517862702881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004853544242794101.post-64239401478262267572008-04-23T13:31:00.000+01:002008-04-23T13:31:00.000+01:00I used to subscribe to tons of magazines and don't...I used to subscribe to tons of magazines and don't any more. But I recently regretted having let my Newsweek subscription lapse and decided to renew it. Why? I don't read it to keep up on the news, which I get daily in so many forms here in the US (newspaper home delivery, online, radio--public and commercial--and both broadcast and cable TV). But I found that the print version of Newsweek helps me stay current on stuff I wouldn't read or hear about otherwise, especially pop culture. It's not just a matter of serendipity, either. I deliberately read the magazine from back to front and stop when I get to the stories I already know about. Years ago, I would have read it front to back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004853544242794101.post-15803668044413544232008-04-10T09:12:00.000+01:002008-04-10T09:12:00.000+01:00Thanks henrypuke. The serendipity quality is an im...Thanks henrypuke. The serendipity quality is an important one, isn't it? <BR/><BR/>It's a point on which magazines and newspapers score much more highly than the "the news will find me" aspect of the social Internet. I wonder if readers are on the whole conscious of it?Andrew Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998244517862702881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004853544242794101.post-26127288944509312712008-04-10T08:49:00.000+01:002008-04-10T08:49:00.000+01:00I read the Guardian every day but as with your Tim...I read the Guardian every day but as with your Times, that's a commuter thing. Usually the front page "news" is no longer news to me, but it's always interesting to see the agenda. What I value about it, which I don't bother with online, is the analysis, the entertainment (ie columnists) and the football. But of course, it isn't a magazine. <BR/>The only magazine that I subscribe to is the LRB, which I value for its quality threshold and serendipitous mix of subject matter. I'm too scared of getting (probably justifiably) punched in the face to use it as a badge, but I do read it in the bath...HenryPUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08444189494486221999noreply@blogger.com