Posted on 11/22/2004 1:47:38 PM PST by Uncledave
Good news. A smart venture capitalist could due well to invest in newspapers that go head to head with the communist rags in most big cities.
Which conservative papers? I sure can't think of many.
If it's as good as the Sun. Philly is in for a treat, and not just conservatives, The Sun is well written, meticulous in its research and takes on all comers when it comes to governmental corruption and stupidity.
Years ago Philly had The Bulletin, it was the only newspaper worth reading out of that city.
All 54 subscribers will be pleased.
All cities need it.
I need it. I haven't had it in weeks.
Now, perhaps, we'll have at least five (fairly) conservative newspapers.
wrong. More conservatives are interested in real news than liberals. We all gave up our subscriptions eons ago becasue of the commie tilt. I'd be happy to drop 50 cents for even a neutral rag.
Just referring to the number of conservatives in Philly...
The Bulletin was a great paper.
I don't understand the rationale foran afternoon paper. People won't buy TWO papers..Print it in the morning..
You are wrong my friend.....we in the Philly area are stuck with the LA Times of the East Coast the Philly Inquirer......this will be great news.
They'll buy it ken.....I remember the old The Bulletin......great afternoon read.
Wow! A breath of fresh air in the Philly sinkhole.
You'd be suprised. Of the actual literate population in Philly (maybe 150K) half are conservative. The rapper generation there can't read their oft served warrants.
It's being presented as a consewrvative alternative tot he liberal papers, right?..But everyone wants to read the pper i the morning..on the train, over coffee..whatever..so the folks to who the new paper appeals will continue to buy a lib rag? or change their lifelong habits?..doesn't compute.
No Philly paper ever had the devoted clientele of The Bulletin. And it used to sell much better in the suburbs than the Inquirer did. I can still see that Sunday comics section, with Joe Palooka and Dondi and Smokey Stover.
I agree with the person who questioned the time of day of release of the paper. I believe the reason other evening papers folded (e.g. ?Washington Star News?) was that the delivery trucks got stuck in traffic, and the paper itself was competing with evening TV news.
That said, I hope the paper succeeds. I really like the Washington Times, and just wish they had a daily national edition.
I delivered by wagon in the late '40s.
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