Comments on: Los Angeles Times Real Estate Section “Put To Bed” http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/ Real Estate Blog, Mortgage, and Development News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:36:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Real estate discourse http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-415862 Real estate discourse Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:05:16 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/#comment-415862 [...] point is this: What has more credibility? Who is more credible? The newspaper that has very little support from the real estate market anymore, or person who has dedicated almost their entire life to the [...] [...] point is this: What has more credibility? Who is more credible? The newspaper that has very little support from the real estate market anymore, or person who has dedicated almost their entire life to the [...]

]]> By: Kevin Schmidtchen http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-414893 Kevin Schmidtchen Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:20 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/#comment-414893 None of this surprises me. Just look at all the continuous stats on where readers, buyers and sellers are these days. A trusted local Realtor who spends part of his time blogging and making their local area transparent to the reader is the new reality. This is what people are wanting and searching for. There is so much more to gain on a good local blog when it comes to real estate. None of this surprises me. Just look at all the continuous stats on where readers, buyers and sellers are these days. A trusted local Realtor who spends part of his time blogging and making their local area transparent to the reader is the new reality. This is what people are wanting and searching for. There is so much more to gain on a good local blog when it comes to real estate.

]]> By: dominican republic real estate http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-326560 dominican republic real estate Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:15:27 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/#comment-326560 Yeah, the entire print media has been in decline, simply because of the ascendancy of internet media. the NYT is almost bankrupt, just yesterday they were looking to sell their share of the Boston Red Sox. It's just the beginning. Yeah, the entire print media has been in decline, simply because of the ascendancy of internet media. the NYT is almost bankrupt, just yesterday they were looking to sell their share of the Boston Red Sox. It’s just the beginning.

]]> By: Diaspora of Journalists at Media Transparent http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-245774 Diaspora of Journalists at Media Transparent Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:17:12 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/#comment-245774 [...] Newspapers must cost cut and writers are fired. Journalists (now known as “information providers”) are positioning themselves to leverage specific expertise that bloggers don’t own - in-depth, quality research and reporting. This is in large part the mission of Spot.US - to fund raise and compensate journalists on projects for the common good. More recent evidence of the Diaspora: SFChronicle lets Real Estate Columnist go Adding up the Newspaper Cutbacks LA Times drops Print Real Estate Section [...] [...] Newspapers must cost cut and writers are fired. Journalists (now known as “information providers”) are positioning themselves to leverage specific expertise that bloggers don’t own – in-depth, quality research and reporting. This is in large part the mission of Spot.US – to fund raise and compensate journalists on projects for the common good. More recent evidence of the Diaspora: SFChronicle lets Real Estate Columnist go Adding up the Newspaper Cutbacks LA Times drops Print Real Estate Section [...]

]]> By: Tony Sena http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-239039 Tony Sena Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:10:36 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/#comment-239039 Patrick, I disagree. Real Estate Brokers and Agents are spending their money where the clients are and thats online. The newspapers around the country have been losing readership every year due to the accessibility of getting the news online. The same goes for Real Estate. If you are interested in looking at homes for sell or getting information on a particular real estate market, you search google, not the local newspaper. Patrick, I disagree. Real Estate Brokers and Agents are spending their money where the clients are and thats online. The newspapers around the country have been losing readership every year due to the accessibility of getting the news online. The same goes for Real Estate. If you are interested in looking at homes for sell or getting information on a particular real estate market, you search google, not the local newspaper.

]]> By: Patrick Duffy http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-237989 Patrick Duffy Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:20:02 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/#comment-237989 I really don't think it's that simple, but it's true that times are changing. Most real estate bloggers don't create new content (aside from a few sites such as Calculated Risk), but simply point out articles, reports and citations they find elsewhere on the web (as does mine). Try to find a single feature article Peter Viles has written since he started L.A. Land, and you won't find anything. That's nothing against Peter (I think he's done a great job), it's just that his role as a blogger is different than that of a reporter. I don't think you can simply dismiss the loss of a section with 600-word book reviews and 1500-word feature stories (some of which I've written) as something easily replaced by most blogs, with shorter postings that can lack depth and detail. I think both have their place, but I wonder if no one's creating new content, what will most bloggers have to talk about? I really don’t think it’s that simple, but it’s true that times are changing.

Most real estate bloggers don’t create new content (aside from a few sites such as Calculated Risk), but simply point out articles, reports and citations they find elsewhere on the web (as does mine).

Try to find a single feature article Peter Viles has written since he started L.A. Land, and you won’t find anything. That’s nothing against Peter (I think he’s done a great job), it’s just that his role as a blogger is different than that of a reporter. I don’t think you can simply dismiss the loss of a section with 600-word book reviews and 1500-word feature stories (some of which I’ve written) as something easily replaced by most blogs, with shorter postings that can lack depth and detail.

I think both have their place, but I wonder if no one’s creating new content, what will most bloggers have to talk about?

]]> By: Priority One News! » Beginning of the end…. http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-237984 Priority One News! » Beginning of the end…. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:41:15 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/07/30/los-angeles-times-real-estate-section-put-to-bed/#comment-237984 [...] I read this post and it resonated what we have been talking about for awhile. The days of the Newspaper and Real [...] [...] I read this post and it resonated what we have been talking about for awhile. The days of the Newspaper and Real [...]

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