[freespirited]

But after the election, you will realize something has gone horribly wrong in the political analysis department.

I suspect the realization struck here a while ago. Good article, though.

[edzo4]

bought polls? well Obama has to spend that $600 million somewhere

my greatest fear, after an obama victory, so my 2nd greatest fear is that obama will get a greater margin of the popular vote than gore did and still lose, I mean gore got half a million votes more, what if obama get 5 million votes more and loses, I think it will be worse than LA after the rodney king verdict

and of cousre the democrats will play it up to buy off the african american vote for the next 50 years

[Richard Kimball]

Newspapers are dying because newspaper ads are dying. Automobiles, homes, employment listings, movie ads, and store ads have moved to other mediums. There used to be double page spreads of movie ads with show times. People used to buy the newspaper to check the movie ads, look for jobs, and buy a house or a car.

Also, for wedding announcements, our local paper charges $100-$150 for a photo announcement. I include a web site announcement for free with my wedding photography service. People send the link, which includes all their wedding photos to all their friends. As much as I'd like to say the liberalism of the press is what's killed it, the newspaper is simply becoming less and less viable as a business model.

As long as there was no alternative, the high cost of entry into the newspaper industry served as a moat to keep the great unwashed out, and allowed newspapers to run as cartels or little kingdoms.

The profitability/success of the old style newspapers had darned little to do with their editorial content. It was about how good their advertising personnel were. I've known a lot of small town paper owners, and every one of them will tell you they'd rather have one good salesperson than three good newspeople, cause what makes those papers profitable is ads.

[workerbee]

More from that smart guy.

I hope he’s smart.

[Bob J]

Already posted several times.

[alrea]

The stock of the New York Times is now pure junk. The paper keeps getting thinner and thinner. News rooms keep having to lay off staff. The reason why they are dying isn’t really because of the Internet as is that these companies simply don’t measure value in the eyes of the customer.

The Mainstream media lost regardless of who's wins the election.