Comments on: The Business of News is Business http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_business_of_news_is_business/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Micah Tillman http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_business_of_news_is_business/comment-page-1/#comment-182156 Micah Tillman Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:34:59 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/10/the_business_of_news_is_business/#comment-182156 I think this issue is the one thing that both Right and Left agree on. I think this issue is the one thing that both Right and Left agree on.

]]> By: The Florida Masochist http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_business_of_news_is_business/comment-page-1/#comment-182056 The Florida Masochist Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:38:24 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/10/the_business_of_news_is_business/#comment-182056 <blockquote>One of the blogs I read daily devoted a post to how their blog earns revenue & the estimated amounts. The figures are discouraging if someone wishes to make an actual living at it, aren't they?</blockquote> I make about $20 a month blogging. A few ads at my own blog and a share of revenue where I co-blog. Not exactly enough to make me rich, or even pay for all the postcards I mail for the 100 correspondence chess games I have going at present. As to the outrage of the day topics, I usually avoid them. I never mentioned Norman Hsu at my blog and just briefly mentioned the Iranian President visit controversy from last month. These topics just didn't spark me to write. Don't the Republicans have their share of crooked fundraisers too? A little over two months ago, I caught a <a href="http://theweeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/TWSFPView.asp" rel="nofollow">blogger</a> for a <a href="http://theweeklystandard.com/default.asp" rel="nofollow">conservative publication</a> playing loose with the facts and taking full credit for something that wasn't his right. Unfortunately with an average of 384 visitors a day to my blog, almost no one noticed.

One of the blogs I read daily devoted a post to how their blog earns revenue & the estimated amounts. The figures are discouraging if someone wishes to make an actual living at it, aren't they?

I make about $20 a month blogging. A few ads at my own blog and a share of revenue where I co-blog. Not exactly enough to make me rich, or even pay for all the postcards I mail for the 100 correspondence chess games I have going at present.

As to the outrage of the day topics, I usually avoid them. I never mentioned Norman Hsu at my blog and just briefly mentioned the Iranian President visit controversy from last month. These topics just didn't spark me to write. Don't the Republicans have their share of crooked fundraisers too?

A little over two months ago, I caught a blogger for a conservative publication playing loose with the facts and taking full credit for something that wasn't his right. Unfortunately with an average of 384 visitors a day to my blog, almost no one noticed.

]]> By: bob in fl http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_business_of_news_is_business/comment-page-1/#comment-181464 bob in fl Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:41:23 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/10/the_business_of_news_is_business/#comment-181464 Your headline says it all. If it doesn't contribute to the bottom line, it ain't news. If it subtracts from that line, bury it with the rest of the garbage. The public be damned. But at least on the blogs, we stand a prayer of finding stuff not widely reported on the MSM. Even though there is a lot of bomb throwing on the blogs, the comments people offer give us perspective enough to make better decisions on what we choose to believe in. One of the blogs I read daily devoted a post to how their blog earns revenue & the estimated amounts. The figures are discouraging if someone wishes to make an actual living at it, aren't they? I'm glad there are enough of you guys out here who evidently love what you do & do it well. Thanks to all of you, James. Your headline says it all. If it doesn't contribute to the bottom line, it ain't news. If it subtracts from that line, bury it with the rest of the garbage. The public be damned. But at least on the blogs, we stand a prayer of finding stuff not widely reported on the MSM. Even though there is a lot of bomb throwing on the blogs, the comments people offer give us perspective enough to make better decisions on what we choose to believe in.

One of the blogs I read daily devoted a post to how their blog earns revenue & the estimated amounts. The figures are discouraging if someone wishes to make an actual living at it, aren't they? I'm glad there are enough of you guys out here who evidently love what you do & do it well. Thanks to all of you, James.

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