Comments on: Nonprofiteers are capitalists, too http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2009/11/02/nonprofiteers-are-capitalists-too/ Entrepreneurial local journalism Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:17:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2009/11/02/nonprofiteers-are-capitalists-too/comment-page-1/#comment-906 Michael Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:02:42 +0000 http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/?p=161#comment-906 Thanks a lot for the response, Jeff. I'll take your CUNY study over Downie and Schudson's any day of the week. [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The poster sent us '0 which is not a hashcash value. Thanks a lot for the response, Jeff. I’ll take your CUNY study over Downie and Schudson’s any day of the week.

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]]> By: Jeff Jarvis http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2009/11/02/nonprofiteers-are-capitalists-too/comment-page-1/#comment-905 Jeff Jarvis Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:51:06 +0000 http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/?p=161#comment-905 I agree on the value of a role for nonprofits (we included it in our projections of new business models for news at newsinnovation.com). But I see news people being lazy about being of the market thinking they'll get charities and foundations to just give them money and that's that: no need to worry about the market. I think we'd agree that that's not sustainable. [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The poster sent us '0 which is not a hashcash value. I agree on the value of a role for nonprofits (we included it in our projections of new business models for news at newsinnovation.com). But I see news people being lazy about being of the market thinking they’ll get charities and foundations to just give them money and that’s that: no need to worry about the market. I think we’d agree that that’s not sustainable.

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]]> By: Michael http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2009/11/02/nonprofiteers-are-capitalists-too/comment-page-1/#comment-904 Michael Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:32:25 +0000 http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/?p=161#comment-904 By the way, I don't think much of government subsidies, either. And I've been trying to push against the nonprofit assumption a bit in conversations about <a href="http://www.wemakethemedia.org/" rel="nofollow">my local would-be nonprofit news startup</a>. News entrepreneurs should never let "let's make it nonprofit!" become code for "let's worry about revenue some other time!" [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The poster sent us '0 which is not a hashcash value. By the way, I don’t think much of government subsidies, either. And I’ve been trying to push against the nonprofit assumption a bit in conversations about my local would-be nonprofit news startup. News entrepreneurs should never let “let’s make it nonprofit!” become code for “let’s worry about revenue some other time!”

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