Many newspapers offer the opportunity to search their archives through their websites. However, they require a fee, but some are turning away from the fee and letting people search them for free.
Sports Illustrated, who is in competition with ESPN, Yahoo Sports, and others are streaming into the digital world by putting their archives on the Web. "On Thursday, the magazine will introduce the Vault, a free site within SI.com that contains all the words Sports Illustrated has ever published and many of the images, along with video and other material, in a searchable database. "
Putting these archives on the Web will increase people to read their articles. The print industry is always looking for more material, but their archives on the Web will atract more readers.
My question to you is do you think that having archives from print transfered onto the Web to search is a great thing for the print industry?
I believe it is, because it definetly will atract more readers and it will be great for students everywhere who need to search for such articles and pictures for schoolwork and fun.
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2 comments:
Mary-
I enjoyed it! I personally think this is going to be a good idea. Newspapers will always be around and in the media business however with all the new technology out there, the field is becoming more competitive than ever! Maybe this is a tactic they are doing in order to go back to the top of the ladder of sucess.
Gordon
I believe to that this will be a great idea. It will help not only students needing information from articles for homework but also the readers of the general public.
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