Comments on: Why all newspapers need a printed permalink

By: James Mead

James Mead — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:55:19 +0000

You might be interested in site called The Local Paper [1] started by Chris Roos [2] which aims to have permalinks for articles in a number of local papers.

[1] http://the-local-paper.co.uk/
[2] http://chrisroos.co.uk/

By: puma

puma — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:01:05 +0000

enlightening article,thanx.

By: Olimpiu Metiu

Olimpiu Metiu — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:32:49 +0000

Rails Magazine already does that – all articles are followed by a short URL, pointing to an online page with the article, comments etc.

By: Anjali

Anjali — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:33:13 +0000

Really good idea. Make the transition seamless. I like the idea. I think newspapers will get there sooner rather than later.

By: Is there enough demand for print permalinks? | News in brief

Is there enough demand for print permalinks? | News in brief — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:13:38 +0000

[...] don’t print articles have permalinks, asked Stuart Eccles in a blogpost yesterday. That is, why doesn’t every article in the newspaper come with a [...]

By: letat

letat — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:19:23 +0000

Germanleft wing paper “der Freitag” started to do this as they renewed their concept.
I found a (real) issue of the german paper “der Freitag” in a bar/cafe and found interesting articles dealing with africa (which is always difficult).
all the articles had a printed permalink.yeah.

but, now i would not buy the der freitag anymore cause its online.

German taz printed an huge article about black american WWI heros. it has never been digitalized and its pinned on my wall. so its in a way lost…like in the good old offlinedays.
you cant even google the article, nowone will find it woldwide.You must come to berlin and searcht the the “taz-archiv” in berlin, in case you know abot this article.

some newspapers even dont have an rss-feed. imagine. they are online, but u have to fuckin visit them day by day, to serach their (well-written) online paper.