Jeff Bezos has three pieces of advice for journalists: Be riveting, be right and ask people to pay.
The Washington Post owner and Amazon founder dispensed this simple guidance Wednesday at a conference about the future of print news in Turin, Italy. The conference coincides with the 150th birthday of La Stampa, one of Italy’s major newspapers, which is based in Turin.
Other notable U.S. media executives on the panel included HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Lydia Polgreen, News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson and New York Times Company CEO Mark Thompson.
Below are a few tweets from and about the conference. Follow along using #FutureofNewspapers.
#futureofnewspapers @Maumol welcomes the guests coming to Turin in our @LaStampa newsroom pic.twitter.com/0yxIrkpRLz
— Beniamino Pagliaro (@bpagliaro) June 21, 2017
The books editor at la stampa – paper lives ! #futureofnewspapers pic.twitter.com/WKqwTenmNB
— Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) June 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/lpolgreen/status/877567817402404865
"Eventually reading a print paper will be like owning a horse." pic.twitter.com/NqzVJMO1wb
— Jessica Lessin (@Jessicalessin) June 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/davidedattoli/status/877576572072415232
Bezos advice to newspaper biz: "Be riveting, be right and ask people to pay."
— Rob Cox (@rob1cox) June 21, 2017
#MarkThompson:
"We have ~6 months to find out whether digital platforms who claim to want to help us really mean it" #FutureOfNewspapers pic.twitter.com/3Zb66pQEk8— Anna Masera (@annamasera) June 21, 2017
#RobertThomson @newscorp: "Be aware of trends, but never be trendy. There must always be a premium for the premium" #FutureOfNewspapers pic.twitter.com/KjfO00L2vK
— Anna Masera (@annamasera) June 21, 2017
