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> And there's nothing they can do about it.

To reply to my own reply ...

This is one area where the surrendercrats are correct.

They cannot win this war (against the web, the rising
costs of print, and reader revolt), and it's time for
lib media to schedule a retreat with honor (or whatever
today's DNC FAX euphemism is).

This is one area where the surrendercrats are correct.

They cannot win this war (against the web, the rising costs of print, and reader revolt), and it's time for lib media to schedule a retreat with honor (or whatever today's DNC FAX euphemism is).

Spot on analysis. Leftists want to fight to the death in their war against reality. So be it.

Looks like yet another new trophy to add to my shrine to Olds Media. A work of FReeper performance art known as Got them Olds Media Circulation Blues inspired by an ancient axiom that bad news sells.

Gannett Nov. Revenue Drops 2.1% (Other MSM sinking, too) - 12/08/2005
L.A. Times Drags on Tribune Revenue (200 *more* layoffs expected) - 12/02/2005
Newspaper circulation down. Sanfrancisco Chronicle down 17% - 11/08/2005
Newspaper Circulation Continues to Decline (NY Daily News DOWN 1.5% - May 2005) - 10/24/2005
Bored readers cutting off Globe’s circulation - 10/20/2005
Time Inc. Gets A U.S. Subpoena About Circulation - 09/24/2005
Denver papers use liberal rules to boost circulation - 08/08/2005
Advertisers Sue 'Minneapolis Star Tribune' Over Circulation Inflation - 06/29/2005
Arrests made in Newsday circulation scandal - 06/16/2005
Los Angeles Times Reports March Circulation (Down, down, down) - 05/02/2005
Belo Begins Refunding Advertisers Over Inflated Circulation Figures (Texas) - 05/02/2005
Why Can’t the Washington Post Keep Circulation Up? - 07/23/2004
Newsday, Hoy publishers retire amid circulation scandal - 07/19/04
Publishers Seek Scapegoats for Circulation Woes - 07/05/2004
Tribune Company (LA Times parent) Admits Inflated Circulation Numbers At Two Papers - 06/23/2004

a retreat with honor (or whatever today's DNC FAX euphemism is).

I believe the term on this weeks fax is "Advancing to the Rear" or alternately "Charging past the rear flank."