http://mathewingram.com/media/2008/04/14/why-nick-denton-is-good-andor-evil-2/ ...watching the intersection of the Web and media Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:07:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://mathewingram.com/media/2008/04/14/why-nick-denton-is-good-andor-evil-2/#comment-16719 Mathew Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:48:16 +0000 http://mathewingram.com/media/?p=547#comment-16719 I totally agree, Guv. I totally agree, Guv.

]]> http://mathewingram.com/media/2008/04/14/why-nick-denton-is-good-andor-evil-2/#comment-16703 The Guv Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:04:54 +0000 http://mathewingram.com/media/?p=547#comment-16703 I always wonder why people rag on Denton for his pay-per-views salary system. You can damn well bet that if newspapers could figure out a way to pay reporters based on how many readers their stories bring in, they'd have done it yesterday. Even the most noble public service journalists pay a hell of a lot of attention to reader/audience figures, although often it's more sophisticated than a simple hit count. I don't see why we have to pretend that the number of people reading our stuff doesn't matter. I always wonder why people rag on Denton for his pay-per-views salary system. You can damn well bet that if newspapers could figure out a way to pay reporters based on how many readers their stories bring in, they’d have done it yesterday. Even the most noble public service journalists pay a hell of a lot of attention to reader/audience figures, although often it’s more sophisticated than a simple hit count. I don’t see why we have to pretend that the number of people reading our stuff doesn’t matter.

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