Posted on 11/07/2005 8:05:57 AM PST by blogblogginaway
I wish someone (like the Washington Times) would publish a fair and balanced national edition to compete with USA Today and give us business travellers a choice.
Sounds like a bumper sticker to me...
You have to be a moron not to realize that most of our countries newspapers have a twist to the left. Selling the agenda of the liberal left is a priority with them. Thank God most Americans can see through their disinformation and send them packing.
My guess is that somehow the decline in newspaper circulation is about the same as the number of deaths of older folks in the area. Doesn't bode well for the newspaper business.
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=35690
Related recent article
IT'S OFFICIAL: 2005 WILL BE the newspaper industry's worst year since the last ad industry recession. And things aren't looking much better for next year either, according to a top Wall Street firm's report on newspaper publishing. "Sadly, 2005 is shaping up as the industry's worst year from a revenue growth perspective since the recession impacted 2001-2002 period," says the report from Goldman Sachs, adding a warning that meaningful growth in 2006 is "very unlikely.
Time to pull out the Snoopy Dance!
Those papers are not free. The hotels have to pay for them. No newspaper can be counted in the numbers unless they are paid for. The hotels have to pay for them.
You have to admire Gannett's stragegy of building a national newspaper by selling bulk copies to hotels where customers are in a hurry and need brief news summaries. I wonder what another paper could do better...
Military Tops Public Confidence List in New Gallup Poll (June 2005)
And the good news,
The Gallup organization noted that public trust in television news and newspapers reached an all-time low this year . . .
That Karl Rove is a genius! LMAOOOOOOOOO. This could not happen at a better time. Libnuts are losing control of their beloved propaganda machine and they are goin' downnnnnnnnnnnnn!
BUAHAHAHHAHA!
Ahhh, yes...the national effort. Like the dolt from the NYT that called me at work last week to tell me about the 50% off deal they had going for subscriptions, LOL! I told her if they would knock off another 100% I might go for it, my puppy needs something with a familiar scent to crap on.
You can tie newspaper circulation declines directly to the inner city population's flight to the suburbs. Minneapolis & St. Paul are good examples. Ditto Des Moines Register. Once upon a time, this paper covered Iowa counties up the MN border. Now they cover 2 counties, Polk and Warren.
It's true. Mostly, this is about free news available on the net. The liberal bias is a contributing factor, but not the primary reason for the decline.
Party true.
But then how does one explain the trend that the few more "conservative" newspapers are holding or gaining readers, while the most left-leaning papers are hurt the worst?
But, but, but... the polls say that Bush is in trouble, republicans are in disarray, Hillary is almost presidentettteee, and everybody hates us, and Err Amerika is on Series Radio, and, and, ...
Tomorrow - Jus' vote the bastRATs out into oblivion!!
Dump Corzine!
The question is, would their circulation improve if they published real, actual, accurate information without leaving out critical facts that change the meaning of the story.
I realize it will take a long time for some of them to regain credibility since it takes a long time to build trust and moments to lose it. However, I hate to lose them altogether....I just want to see them do their freakin jobs.
A GOOD press is necessary for a free society. They've just been lazy.
Florida Today has to have taken a huge hit as well...everyone I know has cancelled that fish wrap.
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