tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post7400825860623232006..comments2023-12-30T16:00:39.771-06:00Comments on Paula's Genealogical Eclectica: Paying to view current obituaries?Paula Stuart-Warren, CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670212981094181018noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-62457590887638555422010-07-14T00:22:35.473-05:002010-07-14T00:22:35.473-05:00Almost two years ago our newspaper announced that ...Almost two years ago our newspaper announced that Google had agreed to digitize all of the two local newspapers from when they began to the present on one and till the second one stopped being published in the 1990s. They filmed the discontinued one first, but somehow they missed nearly all of the obits. Now that the second paper has been showing up it has some obits in the index, but to see the actual obit online they want $2.95. They do keep the obits free for about a week after they are first published, but then they disappear from the free site. Since I volunteer at the library I get copies at the library.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311523372083088677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-67427538697206476022010-07-13T17:48:53.051-05:002010-07-13T17:48:53.051-05:00I'm with you on this one, Paula! My career beg...I'm with you on this one, Paula! My career began in journalism, but took a detour. I still consider myself a person with newspaper ink that runs through my veins. That said, I'm a newspaper junkie. Online. Paper. Digitized versions from 100 years ago.<br /><br />I recently read an article that said within the next five years the majority of people will be getting their news on a portable device - not even on computers anymore. The entire business of newspapering is changing. I remember always hearing that headlines sold newspapers (I never really believed that - I thought the paid subscribers were what kept the papers going). So, I understand that newspapers must adapt to the times if they are going to stay in business. But I also come from the group that believed that newspapers (and broadcasters) provide a public service. I believe that news media is obligated to offer content. Let them get their revenue through advertising.<br /><br />I have no easy answers, but this is something that a lot of us old timers may have difficulty adjusting to.Susan Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02788283253544225956noreply@blogger.com