Abriefhistoryofdevelopment
Fromaglobalperspective,thepracticeofestablishingawebsiteontheInternettopublishonlinenewspapersbeganin1994.Bytheendof1994,atotalof78newspaperspublishedonlineVersion.By1997,thenumberofonlinenewspapershadgrowntomorethan1,900.AtthebeginningofOctober1998,thedatapublishedonthewebsiteoftheAmericanNewsReviewshowedthatthenumberofonlinenewspapersintheworldhadincreasedto4,295,andattheendof1998to4,925.Today,thedevelopmentofonlinenewspapersisadvancingbyleapsandbounds.
Stages
Thedevelopmentofonlinenewspapersroughlyhasthefollowingstages.(1)Theelectronicversionstage,thatis,allcontentontheInternetisacopyofapapernewspaper.(2)Hyperlinkstage,thatis,throughhyperlinkswithspecificcolorsontheweb,readerscanjumpfromthiswebsitetoanotherwebsitethroughthelinkatanytimetoseektheinformationtheyneed.Atthesametime,BBS,mailinglistsandotherserviceshavebeenopenedonthewebsitesofvariousonlinenewspapersfortheaudiencetopublishinformationontheInternet.(3)Inthemultimediastage,duetothelimitationsoftechnicallevelandequipmentperfection,itwilltaketimefornetworknewspaperstoreachthecompletemultimediastage.Manyofourcountry'sonlinenewspapersarestillinthefirstandsecondstages.Therearealreadyabout130onlinenewspapersandmagazinesinMainlandChina.Mostonlinenewspapershaverelatedcontentandserviceforms.Forexample,theelectronicversionof"People'sDaily"notonlyprovidestheprintedcontentof"People'sDaily"andseveralothernewspapersandmagazinespublishedbythenewspaper,butalsoprovides"fullnewspaperonlinesurvey","newspapernavigation","data""Library"andotheronlinespecialservices.ThespecialinformationservicesprovidedbytheonlineeditionofGuangmingDailyinclude"ChinaOnlineNewspapersandPeriodicals","OldNewspaperInquiry"and"WebsiteConnection"andsoon.ThefirstonlinenewspaperfoundedbyYimiChuangyi-YimiInternetNewswasborninJanuary2007.ThisnotonlymarksthethirdphaseofChinaInternetNews,butalsomarksthewebThebirthofnewmediainthe2.0era.
Itcanbeseenthatonlinenewspapershavemanyadvantagescomparedwithtraditionalmedia.Onlinenewspapersdonotusedaysasthetimemeasurementunittoreplacethebasicpage,butimmediatelypublishnewinformationonline;whenreportinganevent,traditionalnewspapershavelimitedspace,andthroughthehyperlinkfunctionofonlinenewspapers,readerscanThebackgroundinformationandrelatedreportsoftheincidentwerefound.Moreover,theinteractivityofonlinenewspapersisunmatchedbytraditionalmedia.
Practicalapplication
WiththecontinuousdevelopmentoftheInternetage,papernewspaperswillgraduallywithdrawfromthestageofhistory.ItwillbecompletelyreplacedbyInternetnewspapersbecauseanewtechnologywillaccelerateThepopularityofonlinenewspapersis"electronicpaper."Electronicpaperisanultra-thin,ultra-lightdisplay,whichisunderstoodasadisplaythatisasthinaspaper,soft,andrewritable.Theelectronicpapertechnologyisdifferentfromtheexistingliquidcrystaltechnology.Theelectronicpaperdisplaydoesnothavethestrongreflectionthatcannotbeavoidedbythedisplaydevice,andthescreenresolutionishigh.Thedisplayeffectandvisualperceptionarealmostidenticaltothoseofordinarywritingpaper.Inparticular,theelectronicpapertechnologyhasthecharacteristicsofpicturememory,oncethepictureisdisplayed,itnolongerconsumespower,whichisalsoaveryimportantadvantageforportablee-readers.Intermsofmaterialtechnology,e-papercanevenbemadeintofoldableandcurvedlikepaper.However,thecostofelectronicpaperisquiteexpensive,soitistemporarilyunabletoshakethepositionoftraditionalpaper.However,withthecontinuousimprovementofproductiontechnologyandthecontinuousdeclineofproductioncosts,itisonlyamatteroftimebeforeelectronicpaperreplacestraditionalpaper.
Withthesupportofelectronicpaper,onlinenewspaperswillalsohaveawidermarket,anditwillbecomethemainmediumforinformationreleaseinthefuture.
Classification
Accordingtotheonlinemodeofnewspapers(thatis,therelationshipbetweenelectronicnewspapersandtheirprintednewspapers),onlinenewspaperscanbedividedinto4types:
1EstablishanindependentwebsiteontheInternet,uploadthecontentsofpapernewspapersandperiodicalstotheInternetintact,anddonotprovideothernewsandinformationservices.ThemostrepresentativeoneisthepreviousonlineversionoftheNewYorkTimesintheUnitedStates.
2.EstablishanindependentwebsiteontheInternet.Whileprovidingoriginalcontent,onlinenewspapersalsoprovidecorrespondingnews,informationandotherservicesbasedonthefocusofthenewspaper.
3.EstablishanindependentwebsiteontheInternet.Thecontentoftheprintedversionofthenewspaperisonlyasmallpartofthewebsite.Itoccupiesasmallproportionofspace,andmoreistoprovideall-inclusiveinformationThegoaloftheserviceistobuildacomprehensiveinformationplatform,suchasmycountry's"People'sDaily"andtheUS"WashingtonPost".
4.Manynewspapershavejointlyestablishedlarge-scalenewswebsites,butthecontentofindividualnewspapersisrelativelyindependent.
Onlinepaidnewspapersareanewprofitmodel.Theonlineversionofthe"NewYorkTimes"hasapaidservice.Intheonlineversionofthe"NewYorkTimes",inadditiontoreadingtheentirecontentoftheparentnewspaper,youcanalsosee"real-timenews"refreshedevery10minutes.Inaddition,the"NewYorkTimes"blogandRSS(SimpleInformationSyndicationSystem)havealsobroughtnewbusinessopportunitiestothenewspaper.5%ofUSnetizenshavereadonlinenewsthroughRSS.TheonlineversionofTheWallStreetJournalhasattractedalargenumberofnetizenstopayforonlinereadingduetoitsin-depthdevelopmentandvalue-addedservices.Accordingtothestatisticsofthefourthquarterof2004,theonlineeditionofTheWallStreetJournalhasmorethan730,000paidsubscribersworldwide,makingitthemostpaidonlinenewspaperintheworld.