Posted on 02/02/2009 5:37:09 PM PST by FormerACLUmember
Several newspaper executives launched a public relations campaign Monday to counter what they call "gloom-and-doom" reports of the industry's demise.
Sure, they admit, times are tough. The economy is bad, the Internet has sucked away advertising dollars and people are losing jobs. But the 100 million people who read a newspaper the day after the Super Bowl outnumbered the TV audience for the game, the group said in an advertisement that appeared Monday in more than 300 daily newspapers, including The New York Times and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...."We are still a dominant media, and we don't give ourselves credit for that." ....
"We are not trying to be Pollyannaish about the newspaper industry, but all the predictions of our demise are just dead wrong," Siegel said. Parade, the weekly magazine inserted into more than 470 Sunday newspapers nationwide, provided seed money in the "low five figures" for the campaign to purchase ads in trade magazines and online, Siegel said. Newspapers donated ad space to the group. It's not hard to understand why there has been hand-wringing about the newspaper industry: Each week seems to bring more stories of layoffs or other cutbacks. The United States has about 1,400 daily newspapers, but that's down about 100 from a decade ago. Cities such as Seattle and Denver could each lose one of their two newspapers soon. The Star Tribune of Minneapolis filed for bankruptcy last month. Tribune Co., owner of newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, did the same thing in December.
Even healthier newspaper companies have been scrambling to deal with their debts, including The New York Times Co., which recently agreed to a $250 million loan from billionaire Carlos Slim at a hefty 14 percent interest rate.
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LOL! Too little, too late. Try being OBJECTIVE. Remember THAT WORD from Journalism school?
“There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.”
“Better Red than Read” is not a viable business model.
>LOL! Too little, too late. Try being OBJECTIVE. Remember THAT WORD from Journalism school?
Objective? Isn’t that asking a bit much? How about factual?
I might buy one if they printed the truth instead of AP propaganda. Oh and had easier crossword puzzles. And a better fishin report. More comics and something worth reading. Print ALL the letters to the editor. These papers are a joke.
Daddy, Whats This?
Its a newspaper son, that’s how the Dems used to spread their lies.
Pray for America, Our Troops and the Truth
To prove that newspapers are obsolete, I just canceled my local newspaper subscription that I have had for the past 8 years. They called immediately later that night to offer a reduced rate and told them why I abandoned them.
Enjoy your irrelevance in solitude.
...the 100 million people who read a newspaper the day after the Super Bowl outnumbered the TV audience for the game, the group said in an advertisement that appeared Monday in more than 300 daily newspapers, including The New York Times and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution... Parade, the [left-leaning] weekly magazine inserted into more than 470 Sunday newspapers nationwide, provided seed money in the "low five figures" for the campaign to purchase ads in trade magazines and online, Siegel said... The United States has about 1,400 daily newspapers, but that's down about 100 from a decade ago. Cities such as Seattle and Denver could each lose one of their two newspapers soon... Even healthier newspaper companies have been scrambling to deal with their debts, including The New York Times Co., which recently agreed to a $250 million loan from billionaire Carlos Slim at a hefty 14 percent interest rate.Rising costs due to high crude prices also dealt a blow. Because of the amount of newsprint (and fuel for delivery, not to mention disposal) consumed every day, newspapers have a significant carbon footprint, which means they'll soon be put in the political vise and brought under control of the Obamanation.
Yeah, but what are we all going to use when the economy and infrastructure collapses and we’ve reverted to using outhouses again?
The Christian Science Monitor is now longer print, but Internet only.
Oddly, it now seems less liberal.
Sure, they admit, times are tough. The economy is bad, the Internet has sucked away advertising dollars and people are losing jobs...
...but that's all Bush's Fault and the fault of heartless conservative capitalism that hates minorities and eats puppies for breakfast. No reason to stop buying newspapers that just tell you that, is there?
My Aunt in Valdosta had one. I think now is the time to throw all the bums out and disregard the MSM. The only “newsperson” who has any commonsense is Lou Dobbs. and maybe Beck. There are more “independents “ now than ever. More than Repubs and More than Dems. I will not be good cop bad copped by the mianstream parties anymore. Been there done that.
..we’ve reverted to using outhouses again?
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outhouses—the ORIGINAL low flow flush system
Expect the ‘new improved’ outhouse to be ‘double decker style’
Sears catalog??
Wow, that looks like a picture of democrats.
Despite the credit card interest rate it's a secured loan that came with no reward points. Instead they should have sent in 50,000 credit card apps at the same time before their credit scores got updated. The minimum payment: $5,000,000 each month. Ouch.
The new Conservative Philly Newspaper 4 years old the Bulletin reports last friday the Liberal Inquirer and Daliy news have not serviced their 400 million loan since June 2008. This weekend Bulletin reported The inky owner met rendell to ask for a 10 million loan from the Stae retirement fund and Teachers union fund..haha
The Bulletin is Pro life and family oriented woohoo...and the two dinasours will soon die hopefully.
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