Print Publishers On The Net. Entry Strategies of the Print Media in Their Internet Editions

Abstract

The entrance of the print media unto the Internet required publishers to adopt a new strategy. Their goal was on the one hand, to introduce their publications unto the new electronic market, and on the other hand, to increase their market competitiveness. The process of adopting Internet technology by these print media publishers, did not occur in a uniform manner. These publishers accepted varied strategies, regarding the methods employed, as well as their approach to their heretofore, print media publications. The functioning of print media publishing houses in cyberspace, also brought the necessity of changing prior work principles in the editorial staff, as well as in the organization of the newsrooms. In addition, the editorial staffs had to contend with heretofore unknown challenges, and take up challenges, for which they were not prepared. These challenges dealt with the specifics of the Internet readership, as well as the defense of intellectual copyrights in the Internet, additionally introducing some kind of payment on the part of the public for the content they were reading. As practice was to show, not all of the solutions introduced by the e-publishers turned out to be effective.