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| 2004-06-23 |
| EFL - wonder whether the LA Times, WaPo and NYT Troubled by last week’s circulation scandals at Hollinger International’s Chicago Sun-Times and the Tribune Co.’s Newsday and Hoy, Merrill Lynch’s Lauren Rich Fine released a report today calling into question the reliability of circulation figures for the entire industry. "Our biggest fear," the report said, "is that these two announcements may not be isolated incidents." Time to beef up the comics section - pronto. I speculate that Swiffer Wipes have damaged circulation because newsprint is no longer the wipe of choice for windows. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #10 The only reason I keep a subscription to the San Diego Union Tribune is that visitors from the midwest enjoy looking through it to get the "flavor" of the city (and, well, some of the comics). As for news, by the time it hits the paper, it's already old hat on Rantburg |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-06-23 10:31:01 PM |
| #9 sigh I'd die without two papers in the morning. chillun need papers just like dawgs do but later in life. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-23 7:48:47 PM |
| #8 Ed, a lot of people would rather surf the web for news than pay 50 cents for a paper. On my block I think two houses actually have the paper delivered (out of 15). I bought a paper when Reagan died and before that it had been months before I touched newsprint. The fact that my only two choices are the Sacaramento Bee or the Appeal-Democrat make it real easy not to buy a paper. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-23 7:23:40 PM |
| #7 The St. Petersburg Times is so bad my puppy won't even shit on it. Oh, and the Chicago Sun-Times? Lest we forget, Ebert and Roeper gave Faren-lies 9/11 "Two thumbs way up!". At which point I promptly declared all movie reviews from those two communist pricks invalid, along with their shitty 2nd rate newspaper. I'm not alone. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-06-23 4:23:19 PM |
| #6 I quit taking the newspaper when I found out plastic wrap works a whole lot better for wrapping fish. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-06-23 4:04:05 PM |
| #5 Cyber Sarge, please elaborate on their accusations? (That is, HOW "neo-cons" are supposedly stealing their customer base.) |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-06-23 1:51:39 PM |
| #4 CrazyFool, the TNT has had revenue problems the last few years. I know their circulation staff has been slashed with many people having to work crazy long hours, weeks without days off. In their attempt to deliver yesterdays news as early in the morning as possible, all the routes have been turned into motor delivery. No more kids on bikes after school. And with the price of fuel so high those routes don't pay much. Staff has been cut in every dept. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-06-23 12:58:15 PM |
| #3 Isn't the LA Times (that mecca of Here in Seattle I think the Seattle P.I. is struggling and the Times isn't too far behind. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-06-23 12:19:35 PM |
| #2 Die scum die! Long live the INTERNET and our creator Al 'Mad Man' Gore. The two liberal leaning newspapers in my area are STRUGGLING to keep afloat. They blame 'Neo-Conservative' internet sites and magazines for stealing their customer base. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-23 12:17:15 PM |
| #1 These guys are dying. Slow suicide really. All The News That The Newsmedia Wants You To Read. They so don't get it that I predict that we will see their demise in the not so distant future. |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-23 8:44:09 AM |