Posted on 08/19/2009 4:21:46 PM PDT by abb
OUCH!
ping
The 4th estate is a 5th column.
At this rate it will be ads for five-and-dime stores and women’s underwear at JCPenny
I think they’re desperately clinging to life in hopes of a government cash transfusion (they’ll get taxpayers’ money out of their pockets one way or another-if we won’t buy it, they’ll tax us not to read it)
Still delusional.
Yes, a good point. On the other hand, back in 1965 there were many more newspapers out there - big cities often had several morning and afternoon papers.
Death spiral with only one way out: become what the founding fathers established- a real threat to government excess and corruption.
I like to read the local newspaper Sun Sentinel online. But the idea of having to go out early in the morning a fetch a paper copy of it is now repugnant to me. Practically none of my neighbors gets a paper copy anymore, except one neighbor who is in his late 60s. A paper newspaper seems so quaint . . and what a hassle to dump in the trash with all of those ads on Sunday
All in all, am delighted with the loss of the traditional newspapers. These papers thought they were well-loved, when in reality they were only tolerated because they had a monopolistic stranglehold on local news.
Yes, but newspapers also serve a purpose: to line the bottom of the garbage for leaks and liquid crap.
A 1965 fine whine.
Here in Dallas I totally stopped buying any paper at all. Even if they mention me, I ain’t paying for it. The Sunday paper at $2?? No way... someone recently told me its $3 now...???
Why on Earth would I pay $3 for yesterdays news when I have internet??
Now if someone started a real conservaive paper...
All this tired discussion on whether the media decline is cyclical or secular is complete BS. These articles are missing the biggest factor; that is, how media companies such as the New York Times, MSNBC, and CNN are betting their businesses on particular ideologies and, in doing so, alienate at least 50% of the available market, given the current political polarization of the country. That means their financial fortunes fluctuate with the swinging political pendulum - and we know that is about to swing back to the right in time for the 2012 election.
The Washington Times is a real conservative paper.
So how are they doing? As of last April, circulation was up:
The Washington Times' total average paid daily circulation defied the industry trend, increasing more than 3 percent during the past six months from 80,998 (April through September 2008) to 83,511 (October 2008 through March 2009). Sunday circulation increased from 37,816 to 43,889 over the same period."We're cooking," said Frank Grow, vice president of strategic development and circulation for The Washington Times. "I attribute our growth in circulation to an improvement in our product and tighter marketing in our demographic area, and we expect this trend to continue."
I don't know how the Times is doing financially. Higher circulation might not mean higher revenues.
For around $39 a year you can get their e-edition I guess through email. Or is that the Wash Examiner?
Wouldn’t it be fascinating if the Wash Times tried to create an e-edition that appealed to FReepers?
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