In the business of news...

The Nieman article brought up some really interesting concepts I want to talk about real quick. As a journalist, when I see a person, with no experience in reporting the news, step in to take over a newspaper or a news organization, I honestly think, "what gives you the right?" It's slightly ridiculous because, as we see in the Nieman article, businessmen have really great ideas for the news industry. One quote from Bezos that really got me thinking is, "Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient... If you replace 'customer' with 'reader', that approach, that point of view, can be successful at The Post, too." Well said, Bezos, well said.  I think that newspapers can very well succeed by using this "business" model.  By inventing new ways to get the news out to people and innovative ways to get people reading (then waiting, nothing's instantaneous even in this world of twitter and facebook") maybe the whole form of journalism will be made better and, eventually, saved!