Inquirer and Daily News announce job cuts (Philadelphia)

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 9/20/05 | Thomas Ginsberg

[Temple Owl]

I was a member of the Bulletin Staff from 1960 until the great lady died in 1982. She was a staunch conservative when I joined, but the left-wingers gradually took over and she was nothing more than a left wing journal on par with the Inquirer. She was, however, a great lady for a very long time.

[Tribune7]

Here's an unexcerpted version.

[Tribune7]

"We are going to have to rethink ourselves."

OK, what exactly does that mean? The problem may be -- besides being lying leftys -- that you are supposed to be an expert in communication and you say things like that.

[MikeHu]

Trendlines don't look good for mainstream media:

credibility, subscriptions, jobs down.

Blogs, electronic forums, email, Internet skyrocketing.

And they think they're coming after us -- and the President.

What was their name again?

[randita]

The only future for print newspapers companies is in their internet sites. Diehard newspaper readers are dying off and new people are not being enticed to replace them.

Young people, usually strapped for cash, already pay monthly for internet services and they can get all the news they want there.

Why would they pay for a print newspaper as well? Save the money for a night out on the town once in a while. I know that's the thinking of the young adults in my family.

[mom-7]

The new Bulletin is conservative.

[GreenHornet]

Hopefully Tony Auth was among those who got canned.

[Temple Owl]

They have a death wish and probably will keep him to the end.

[Gondring]

I hope they go out of business especially since we now have The Evening Bulletin. A great read.

Plus, I encourage FReepers to support their good local papers, to keep alternatives viable. Many of them are solidly traditional.

[Gondring]

"Once again our members and the customers of our newspapers are being asked to pay a price for the miscalculations of executives in San Jose who take home millions of dollars each year. As always, our members will work hard to serve our region and customers and give them newspapers people in other cities will envy," Holcomb said.

That's right on the money. The discrepancy between the salaries at the top and the bottom of the business is absolutely astonishing.

Many locals can't afford to pay their reporters much at all...in fact, many qualify for food stamps! It's a shame that the good little papers are hurt along with the leftie MSM trash.

[Temple Owl]

I hope the new Bulltetin makes it big.