Columnist Is Failing To Save Left-Wing Dailies

County Press (Second Thoughts) Suburban Philadelphia ^ | 9-28-05 | William W. Lawrence

[Temple Owl]

The Inquirer and News are on the death beds. Call the preacher.

[Temple Owl]

Do you read the Inquirer?

[muawiyah]

Look, suburban Washington DC lost ALL of its semi-local daily and weekly periodicals this last year. This problem will work its way up the coast.

I expect Newsday to bite it in less than a year, and then all the newspapers in Boston should go to be replaced with a local hard-copy advertising device of some sort.

[Kath]

Actually I think the internet has a great deal to do with the declining sales of newspapers. Why should people pay for yesterday's news when they can get up to date news for nothing on the net.

[sgtbono2002]

I hope they all go broke and take NBC and Katie Couric with them.

[John Jorsett]

A Stratford, Conn., man charged with leaving his girlfriend to die after his car ended up in a Stamford pond has been sentenced to three and a-half years in prison.

Too bad it didn't happen in Chappaquiddick. They'd have made him a Senator.

[NickatNite2003]

The *preacher*???? LOL!

Surely you mean, invoke their devil master.

[ncountylee]

The Inquirer and Daily News have announced plans to cut some 100 writers and reporters along with other newsroom employees.

That is 16 percent of staff. Falling advertising revenues and circulation are blamed.

Wish that we could help them die quicker.

[chet_in_ny]

I get all the information I need from the internet and a hardcopy of the NY Post:)

[Temple Owl]

I think you are right, but he has a point when he blames "sheer stupidity." I think that has a lot do with it too. The Inquirer insults its readers every day.

[TWohlford]

"Actually I think the internet has a great deal to do with the declining sales of newspapers."

The only thing a local newspaper can do better than any other newspaper is local news.

Of course, none in the news room like covering the local high school football games, or the local county commission, etc.

[Tribune7]

Do you read the Inquirer?

Not even for the sports.

[Temple Owl]

Most of us do. I read the Inquirer just to see what the other side is up to.

[Tribune7]

Look, suburban Washington DC lost ALL of its semi-local daily and weekly periodicals this last year. This problem will work its way up the coast.

Really ?????

[Tribune7]

ping

[Temple Owl]

That's right, our local papers are really good and conservative. They are loaded with news you don't get on the Internet.

[Doctor Raoul]

Want to go to the Inky tomorrow and carry signs that say, "Bias = Layoffs". And "News = Security" ?

[muawiyah]

Yeah. The Journal Group had been sold by the old Army Times/Federal Times group 20 years ago or so.

More recently the Journal stable of publications was collapsed into a single "daily giveaway" news compendium. It's supported entirely by advertising, and has no local orientation.

Springfield Times makes periodic appearances, but it's not a daily. There may be some others like it, but there's more local information to be found in Val-Pac envelopes.

[Temple Owl]

Do you think Francisco Loaiza has a shot a becoming the next senator from Connecticut?

[Temple Owl]

They'd simply ignore me!