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europe wide newspaper

  • 01-03-2009 4:48pm
    #1
    acontadino
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    would it work?

    the europe wide news internet sites are generally useless.


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  • #2
    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    Cap'n Bob already had a go at this.


  • #3
    flogen
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    Well the language barrier would be hard to overcome in a way that didn't damage the overall product.

    Some newspapers are de-facto European, IMO. The Financial Times would probably be the best example.


  • #4
    Trouser_Press
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    Robbo wrote: »
    Cap'n Bob already had a go at this.

    And they both suffered the same fate: drowned.


  • #5
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    I'm just back from Austria, Switzerland and Slovakia. I found that the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and International Herald Tribune are really widespread. I also managed to find the Irish Times in a backstreet in Vienna :P.
    Seeing as the German-speaking countries and much of eastern Europe have English as a second language, maybe a real Europe-wide newspaper would be viable.


  • #6
    lostexpectation
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    and those 3 papers are owned by americans now arn't they


    is the european mag that wikpiedia talks of still going?


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  • #7
    mike65
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    The European (I still have the first copy I think) was doomed to failure then, now in the internet age its pointless.


  • #8
    DMC
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    mike65 wrote: »
    The European (I still have the first copy I think) was doomed to failure then, now in the internet age its pointless.

    You could say the same for any newspaper.

    With the advent of decent mobile/handheld devices, with good web browsers, news on the move has never been more accessible. I have shyed away before on the demise of newspapers, but I think there are clear issues ahead. Look at the state of the newspaper industry across the US.

    I see on the MediaGrauniad today, that the Prof has said that the ABC is going to have an audit of "bulk" sales, i.e. given away free across a lot of sectors: hotels, airlines, restaurants etc.

    If it is found out that there is over reporting of these sales, then the likes of The Independent is goosed.

    This might be a topic all of itself...


  • #9
    gaf1983
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    How about The European Voice?

    It's owned by the Economist Group.

    http://www.europeanvoice.com/

    To the OP, what are the useless European wide news websites you refer to?

    Europolitics, published in French and English, is another European Affairs daily, I think it's only on the web though.

    http://www.europolitique.info/?siteLanguage=en

    I think I have seen other European focused newspapers in Brussels, where the demand would be much higher for them.


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