Sen. Kerry Talks 'Future of Journalism' (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

Poynter Online ^ | May 6, 2009 | Julie Moos

[Landru]

"Wouldn't you just love to get the NYT's very own Johnny Inkslinger drunk and get him to unload?"

Uhhhhh I *know* you're "N.TheKnow".
I've seen the wisdom in action, myself.
But wouldn't it be infinitely easier to get the sot sober? Aside from that though, the guy's been unloading plenty on us for a very long time. (am I mixing my metaphors?)

"Bet that guy has no fingernails or hair left."

HA!!
My bet's on his liver. :^)

"Johnny? This is Pinch. How do we pay Slim this month?"

BWWWHAAAAAA!!
Something like that, I'm sure. :o)

Kidding aside (well, moved over) Pinch boy has to be one helluva basket case. He's single handedly destroyed the family business. Precisely as I'd (you, too?) heard he'd do when his father stepped down turning the reigns of the business over to 'em.

All of us who frequent abb's threads know full well how the paper's structured insofar as common stock, stock exclusive to the family etc goes.

Sulzberger and the entire extended family have been feeding off the carcass for yearrrrrs.
But soon dinner will be over; and, they've Pinch boy to thank for that.

Now wouldn't you just love to be a fly on the wall of "family meetings" where the family business of The NYSlimes is discussed?
Wow.
Threatened Ferarris, CC memberships at Hampton clubs, being thrust unceremoniously in with the unwashed masses?
Yes make no mistake, he's panicked stoopid and the family in a state of abject terror.

They may wear poker faces, decline question(s) from any --with stones enough to ask.
But we know better.

These times are ugly & getting uglier with the passing of each & every day and THEN there's the ordinary stockholders. ;^)

[MrEdd]

Refresh my memory, who is John Kerry?

Some guy who was in Vietnam.
Or Cambodia.

I think he worked at a salvage yard.
He always rattles on about throwing metals away

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks, sounds like a loser.

[abb]

http://www.observer.com/2009/media/arthur-sulzberger-and-jeff-bezos-save-journalism-kindle
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. and Jeff Bezos To Save Journalism With $489 Kindle DX

http://www.pcworld.com/article/164425/why_kindle_dx_wont_save_newspapers.html
Why Kindle DX Won’t Save Newspapers

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/2009/05/abuse_the_globe.html
Abuse, the Globe, and the ‘power of God’

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969722
‘Boston Globe’ Guild Deal May Take Weeks to Reach Vote

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/05/chicago-suntimes-newsroom-union-accepts-9-percent-wage-cut.html
Chicago Sun-Times newsroom union accepts 9 percent pay cut

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05062009/business/how_time_has_changed_167808.htm?page=0
HOW TIME HAS CHANGED

http://gawker.com/5241850/time-100-gala-boozy-enemies-get-intimate-at-twitter+ized-party
Time 100 Gala: Boozy Enemies Get Intimate at Twitter-ized Party

[abb]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/05/maurice-levy-publicis-groupe
Advertising boss: Print will struggle to recover after recession

http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/05/journalism-awards-banquets-business-media-asme.html
The latest metric of the ad recession: Annual journalism confabs and award banquets are being canceled.

[abb]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/05/01/DI2009050102592.html
Eugene Robinson: Boston Globe and Other Papers Struggle to Survive

http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/05/city-newspapers-urban-opinions-contributors-times-post.html
So Long To The City Newspaper

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/05/senate-testimony-on-future-of.html
Senate testimony on the future of journalism

http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/
Kindle-ing while newspapers burn

[abb]

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/durham/durham/story/1516215.html

Published: May 06, 2009 02:18 PM
Modified: May 06, 2009 02:21 PM

2 people shot near public housing complex in Durham
From staff reports Comment on this story
DURHAM - Two men were injured in a shooting near the Cornwallis Road Public Housing complex around 1:45 p.m. today.

One person was found at the corner of Cornwallis Road and South Roxboro street. The second person was found on South Roxboro inside the public housing complex.

Both men were transported to Duke University Hospital.

[abb]

Live stream here.

http://www.cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN3_wm.aspx

[abb]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969724
John Kerry: Newspapers Resemble Endangered Species

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2009179120_edita06columbian.html
Columbian’s not just another newspaper bankruptcy

[PhilDragoo]

They told the stories at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war, and the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country.

Is this more difficult for John Kerry--who served in Vietnam--to accomplish than say getting his picture put up in the Ho Chi Minh City American War Crimes Museum or moving a fire hydrant from his parking place in Boston--

This is a national security emergency--our Ministry of Truth's print product must not be infringed in its right to place thirty-two consecutive Abu Ghraib-bashing articles on its front page--

Although we lost Christopher Reeve by failing to elect John Kerry, we can still save Pulp Fiction--

We must continue to have the Line thumping against the front doors of the stupids--

And see to the fallen ink-stained wretches in their waning years.

[abb]

This clown testifying now is a trip...

[Landru]

Yessssss!!
The clown's life meticulously itemized as only the esteemed, world-reknown cyber-hero Phil Dragoo could! ;^)

You da man, man! :^)

-BTTT-

[abb]

http://www.poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=13935
Baltimore Sun staffers stage byline strike

[abb]

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={C5E67582-2FB1-4CF1-BB44-C03A2B34B2F7}&siteid=nbih#comments
Boston Globe’s obituary already written
Commentary: Ex-staffer laments over how Boston’s newspaper lost its character

http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/05/globe_guild_to.html
Globe Guild to vote on pay cut, end of job guarantees

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/82513-Die-another-day/
Die another day
The clock starts now on a potential Globe sale

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=163100
Boston Guild Members to Vote Thursday on Eliminating Globe’s Lifetime Job Guarantees

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969907
Details on ‘Boston Globe’ Guild’s Tentative Deal

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969892
Senate Panel Hears Argument for Newspapers as Nonprofits

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969890
‘Portsmouth Daily Time’ Drops an Edition

[Freedom2specul8]

Sounds like a substantial reward is in the making for their consistent support, and to uphold and defend the democratic party.