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Posted on 05/12/2009 6:44:38 AM PDT by abb
What would life without newspapers be like?
I avoid making predictions, because very few of my predictions have ever come true. I prefer, instead, to peer down the other end of the telescope, into the past, to inform my sense of what's to come. So when I consider the dead and dying newspapers of our time, and the post-newspaper world everybody is predicting, I can't help but think of the 114-day New York newspaper strike of 1962-63.
The strike (over wages and work rules), and the ensuing publishers' lockout, eliminated the circulation of 5.7 million daily and 7.2 million Sunday newspaper copies. That's a staggering number, considering that the greater New York circulation of the three major dailies still publishing—the New York Times, the Daily News, and the New York Post—stands at about 1.6 million.
No conversation about newspapers' dismal present is complete without some anguished mention of how democracy will go off the rails unless the press is there to set it straight. (See last week's Senate hearings, chaired by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., for an example.) But even though the 1962-63 strike upended New York, neither the dozen newspaper accounts I've read about the strike nor the histories or memoirs from the era that I've pulled down from my shelf make it sound as though democracy and governance disappeared when the New York dailies' lights went out.
Instead, journalists and publishers improvised, and readers, parched for news, features, entertainment, and advertising, experimented with finding new sources. Giving up the daily newspaper habit proved easy for many New Yorkers, Gay Talese writes in his book The Kingdom and the Power: They "watched more television, or read more news magazines more thoroughly, or books, or discovered that New York seemed a more normal and placid place...
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(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003972153
Study Cites Need for Major Changes, More Tech to End Newspaper Crisis
http://www.freepress.net/files/saving_the_news.pdf
Saving the News: Toward a National Journalism Strategy
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/technology/internet/12digital.html?ref=business
Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
Some history on recording/distribution devices here.
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/betamaxcase/betamaxcase.htm
BETAMAX CASE
more.
Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.
Yep ... that's a big pirate cove ... Scribd.Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
... Ursula K. Le Guin, the science fiction writer, was perusing the Web site Scribd last month when she came across digital copies of some books that seemed quite familiar to her. No wonder. She wrote them, including a free-for-the-taking copy of one of her most enduring novels, "The Left Hand of Darkness." ...
I have the Times; that's my religion; that's what I believe in, - Arthur Sulzberger Jr
The reason I posted that story is to illustrate the inexorable advances that digital information distribution systems are making.
Betamax. VHS. Cassette audio tapes. DVR. Napster. File sharing. Adobe Flash. DVD. And so on.
Information sharing of all types will continue to multiply. It cannot be stopped
YES!!!
That, my friend, is perfect!!
I tried to save it to my HD so I could print it out.
Being one to never to let a good crisis go to waste, really wanted to get [it] in the mail *today*.
Have *my* targets all lined-up -- the Editor(s) *&* publishers of:
The Milwaukee Journal.
The Waukesha Freeman.
and...
West Bend Daily News.
Unfortunately --and unbeknownst to this clod-- the images hadn't been merged, yet!!
WHAAAAAA. {<----that, is bawling' like a newborn :o) }
Maybe later, time permitting, those two magnificent images may properly and expertly merged by [any]one savvy with "Print Shop" or equivalent?? If and/or when it is?
*Please* ping me (& the board) to it, Milhous!!
Priceless!
The Dodo Bird's more than ideal, more than I could've imagined!.
Hits the ol' nail squarely on the proverbial head!! ;^)
Somewhat off topic, BUT, it is associated with abb's threads; insofar, as it deals with that which the Liberal-Socialist quisling's rags are directly responsible ie, all the malarkey.
Swung by the cigar shop for necessities this AM.
Spoke with one of the two partners, personal friends, both. These 2 guys own 7 stores in the 4 county area, FYI, represents quite an investment.
Now: Hopefully you may have heard of WI's newly enacted smoking ban in restaurants, bars etc?
Well this man told me in MN such a ban had been implemented several years ago.
Since then MN has had over 150 bars that've closed since the ban resulting in an awful lot of people being thrown into the streets. MN's employment outlook's no better, maybe worse then most.
Shazam! :o)
Then he ripped off a list of other states who enacted the ban who're right now discussing verbiage that'll effectively rescind the bans.
Think of the implications to everything the Liberal-Socialist nutballs have done, to date?
It ain't in granite, none of it.
Naturally, one would have to search far and wide to find so much as a scintilla of this "news" in any rag.
Naturally.
Yes the rags are indirectly feeling the repercussions of their handy-work alright, added to the tip of reasons behind their woes and they're in mighty deep kimchee.
The unintended consequences, OTOH?
They've yet to arrive on the scene; but, they are-a-comin'.
Coming home to roost like a long lost Dodo Bird. :^)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003972221
‘Denver Post’ Now Printing ‘Fort Collins Coloradoan’
http://societrends.com/2009/05/11/nine-ways-newspapers-can-survive/
Nine ways newspapers can survive
The Milwaukee Urinal printed three columns last year by Richard Cohen, essentially running Ann Coulter into the ground. Anyone limiting their news intake to the paper alone had to wonder, “Who is Ann Coulter”? The paper never printed any of her articles! Yet they see fit to run Maureen Dowd columns at least twice a week. Their editorial bias to the left is so ‘in-your-face’ obvious it's laughable.
Am I supposed to be sad that the paper is tanking? I can't seem to dredge up any tears. Gosh, I must be one of those mean borderline racist conservatives Eugene Kane is always going on about . . .
IF you've the time, go back & read this & abb's latest DMW threads. {i proposed an idea. find it. you'll know it when you see it, i promise. an idea which you'll really want to participate for the humor factor, alone}.
I mean, really.
Where better for a bitter Christian gun clinging Harley riding happily married for 25 year MAN who has a dearly loved child about to proudly serve our Republic, than here?
Just saying. ;^)
"Gosh, I must be one of those mean borderline racist conservatives Eugene Kane is always going on about..."
Perhaps according to a sycophant-disgrace educated nonentity.
Though over a 30 year friendship with you & your wonderful family, I say otherwise.
Eugene --"The Imbecile"-- Kane was getting paid for his dreck, don'tcha know.
Let us hear what Eugene --"The Imbecile"-- has to say for *free*, soon. :o)
Information sharing of all types will continue to multiply. It cannot be stoppedAmen! For me, the NYT story actually kills two birds with a single stone by also illustrating an unintended consequence of Christian bashing. Immorality frees heathen from feeling guilty about stealing. Witness the cognitive dissonance of mass media excusing Somali piracy while condemning Inet piracy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1232459120090512
Galloway denies he approached Google about NY Times
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=34007&seenIt=1
IRS audits Tribune Co.’s ESOP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gGTWSXfETUTGtb7y16QBdt6HgGKAD984R5CG2
Judge approves Tribune bonus payments
http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=NC&pubid=2303
The Platform: Green Shoots, Media Version
Yes, that's the situation on the federal level sure enough.
State levels are as bad, maybe worse.
However some of *us* would really like to go on the offensive against the zerO's sycophant water carrying quislings, like *now*.
Y'know?
Those at the top who're running the NYSlimes et al ad nauseum?
Every town, city or whatever of every member of this forum has a rag, probably one they've learned to despise too for good reason.
How does this work?
Reread the above thread for background.
Pay particular attention to the black ribbon w/ Dodo Bird our good friend & neighbor Milhous posted in his entry, above.
The two images --black ribbon & DoDo Bird-- have yet to be combined, just a detail though and a rather insignificant one at that. :^)
How about we get [that] finished image into a .jpeg format so we all can download it.
Then participants may print 'em out as needed from their own home computer - printer setup.
Now.
Once, twice -- however many times-- each week one is moved?
Mail that image to the Editor and/or Publisher of the favorite local rag!
Voila' !
Couldn't be simpler if it were Velcro, Mr. Engineer. ;^)
These paper clown masters won't at first figure it out, throw 'em in the garbage.
Fine.
They'll probably howl with laughter, sneer among themselves smugly as only they know how.
But...they'll be wondering "WTH? to themselves, nonetheless.
After they've received 'em several times their snottiness will soon turn to something more than pedestrian amusement. Something darker.
Look: these Editors/Publishers --ALL OF 'em-- are already shaky in the head my friend, trust me.
They're going down and they realize it; yet, they carry on with their baloney?
Nuts.
They're clearly nuts, and that's what makes 'em the most vulnerable.
[We] just help 'em along, remind 'em of the precarious position they've gotten themselves into.
"...and the worms ate into their *brains*." :^)
NO threats!!!!!!!!!
Not necessary.
Just the image, let it speak for itself.
*We* get inside *their* heads for once, for a change.
With nearly every single one ---> <--- that far from putting their papers on the proverbial rocks visa vi bankruptcy?
Well, really is child's play.
Think about it.
Might just be for *our* heads in the end, granted.
Allow *us* a little snickering of our own.
Wouldn't [that] alone be worth the price of a postage stamp, business envelope & sheet of printer paper? ;^)
And the more (cities), the better but really "One call, that's all!" :o)
"Most of what Obama is trying to do is reversible, but it would be much easier to simply stop his agenda before he puts it in place."
Yes.
And easier yet; IF zerO's sycophant media's babbling to themselves because they're going dooooooown ultimately drowning.
'Tis a pity, isn't it.
Yea, baby. :o)
The rag's harpies deserve neither pity or compassion, my friend of long standing. Not now anyway and certainly not anymore if they ever did.
They've done nothing to earn respect and everything with their 1st Amendment powers to destroy this culture AND our Republic!
They're merely reaping the harvest they've sown, my friend.
All one in doubt need do concerning the merit of their present & future moves?
Contemplate what we've ALL been forced to endure since Clintigula took office in '93 at the hands of these psychos.
Lies, spin, gross distortions ad nauseum, their countless sins of omission!
IF that memory doesn't motivate, cut to the bone?
Nothing will. (~& *I* will shaddap & go away, forevermore.)
Fair enough?
"With the dearth of GOP Congresscritters and Senators, this might seem tough to do..."
Now.
Time marches on, with the never ending march comes a whole new ball game bucko.
Patience.
Allow them to bury themselves just a wee bit more, they're doing such a bang-up job by their lonesome!
But let us [try to] wisely choose our battles in the meantime, until political solution(s) arrive if they arrive.
Let us begin where we ALL --in-the-know-- know there's a crack large enough, easy enough to successfully cleave.
The pathetic pols --R or D-- may or may not follow.
They'll probably follow whatever the zeitgeist of the moment if past history's any measure of future behavior from the scoundrels.
But they will follow US if we contribute to the detoothing of the Liberal-Socialist MSM buggers, DD.
Following is all the sots know how to do; in fact, they know nothing else but following so let us give 'em an indirect message to show 'em the way! :o)
"...however, if we can threaten enough RAT Congresscritters (in GOP-leaning districts) with political annihilation if they vote in favor of Amnesty for ILLEGALS, we can win some of these legislative battles."
Maybe, we shall see.
>See the effectiveness of such a tack.
>See what the time frames are for success.
Right now I need for you to:
1) Consider what's been proposed.
2) Spread the *word* among your sphere of influence and they dontneed to be FR members, either. Just concerned citizen taxpayers who're sick to death of the malarkey!
3) JUMP in, send a .jpeg *message* to the local Richmond rag, and do it every week 'til they're gone-gone-gone.
Easy as pie, my man.
Capiche? :^)
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That’s it. Thanks!
Now we got 2 Landru - one for insiders and the other
for brilliant newsies. ROTFLMAO.
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