[kictanet] The death of print media

Wed Sep 28 17:08:00 EAT 2011

the importance of the print media is that it it encourages research. but we use the electronic media since the information contained in it is very wide and diverse as compared to print media. regards meshack.

--- On Tue, 9/27/11, Njoroge Tito <titonjoroge at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Njoroge Tito <titonjoroge at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The death of print media
To: memakunat at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 12:24 AM

I know several people who used to buy the friday papers looking for jobs. Nowadays, they get a pdf version of all advertised jobs, including some that are not in the papers (for free). Companies are posting more jobs on their "careers" section of their websites than in the print media.

Dead? Maybe not, declining - definitely.
Regards,Tito.

On 27 September 2011 10:18, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

Yawe,

I dont think Print Media would die simply because online media is growing exponentially. If this was true then this death would have already happened in the US/Europe (NY Times, FT, etc)

What might instead kill Print media - particularly in Kenya - is the poor reading culture of Kenyans.  Kenyans read only for exams and front-page politics(headlines - which they dont need to pay for). That is what will kill print media in this country.

walu.

--- On Tue, 9/27/11, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The death of print media
To: jwalu at yahoo.com

Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"
 <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 9:30 AM

Hi Harry,
Being my managing editor I need to weight my words carefully least I find myself platform less.

The banks used similar analogies to yours when they rejected the initial advances from Safaricom and their MPesa act, when the multinationals contacted their corporate headquarters they must have
 received back 1,000 of links to studies done in the "developed" world about mobile money transfer and payment initiatives.  They were told that mobile is about micro payments not serious business transactions.

It is definite that the "experts" could not read the writing on the wall because it was in a language they did not understand "M-Pesa" which had been erroneously translated to Mobile Money.  In addition they failed to factor in a population with peculiar habits since such a variable is difficult to incorporate into a financial spreadsheet model.

Print is dead and the sooner we accept the verdict the better for
 us
 all.
Regards
"I am a grand father because my niece recently gave birth to a bouncing baby boy, but I am also a great grand father as my grand niece recently gave birth to a bouncing baby girl - I use a smart phone" 

 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

From: Harry Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk

Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 7:29

Subject: Re: [kictanet] The death of print media

Hey Bobby and the online wirriors :-)
You made an accurate observation, but the conclusion could have been rushed. The lack of response from print media could be that your target audience was misssed - either due to absence or placement; effectiveness of the advert itself and the call to action etc. So there are many variables that cause someone to or not respond to a print advert.

It true
 that globally print is turning online but most media houses are keeping both cos there is quite a large audience that still prefers and consumes print than online. So preference is a key factor on this this. We are seeing publications printing on demand for instance, just for thier customers.

The web has many advantages over print. Think about it, an impression on the web is equivalent to your turning a newspaper page and seeing an advert. Now, you can measure this on the web, but not on print. It's also easier to respond to call to action on the web than on print. 

Then ofcourse print is changing and creating linkages with mobile and web. Many print publications are now using technologies like QR codes to land you onto a specific page on the web...so we are already seeing convergence here.

So yes, online is encroaching, but it will be a while before print dies. By the way some publications which went totally online about 5 years ago, are back on print again :-) I cant explain the dynamics here, but they must have realised that they needed their print back. Just my unschooled thoughts.

Harry Hare
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On Sep 27, 2011, at 6:22 AM, Harry Karanja <kairo at softlaw.co.ke> wrote:

Barrack,
I think by using your grandpa in your example you have
 just
 proved Robert's point.

Regards,Harry Karanja
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 26, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:

I guess it depends with the target audience, grandpa has been faithfull in buying his daily , he then asks me to update him on emerging trends in technology since he cant figure out the tech lingua in the dailies.

Best Regards

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com> wrote:

Well ... they same thing was said about newspapers when radio gained

popularity and again later when TV gained popularity.

Yet somehow print media is still with us some 60+ years after its

death was predicted ...

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:55 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi All,

> I have finally realised that the print media is dead for all intent but the

> distribution of political propaganda here is my proof;

> 5 years ago I could place an advert in the classified section of the Nation

> or Standard newspapers and receive over 500 responses, 2 years ago I would

> place a one eighth page full colour advert only to receive 150 responses,

> last week a placed a quarter page advert in the Nation and only received 5

> responses.

> Interestingly, I placed a link on facebook and my website received over 700

> hits within 4 hours, that's the final straw I will no longer spend a penny

> on print advertising and fully embrace online.

> Regards

>

>

> Robert Yawe

> KAY System Technologies Ltd

> Phoenix House, 6th Floor

> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200

> Kenya

>

> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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