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To: Moose4

What this all shows is all these “news” distributors (newspapers, magazines, radio, tv, etc) never were in the “news” business.

They were always in the advertising business and the “news” was something to put in between the ads.


10 posted on 11/11/2009 11:44:44 AM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: abb

Love the WATIMES, but it has always been the Moonies semi-hobby, for which I thank them.


13 posted on 11/11/2009 12:01:25 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (a wild-eyed, exclusionist, birther religio-beast -- Daily Kos)
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To: abb

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091111/BLOGS10/911119995
Kimball’s not happy with state loan for recovering newspaper

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/davidwestphal/200911/1795/
No revenue model for news? Labor steps up

http://www.businessinsider.com/horrified-businessweek-staffers-being-asked-to-write-for-bloomberg-newswire-2009-11
Bloomberg Can Cut BusinessWeek Staff And Not Pay Severance


14 posted on 11/11/2009 12:03:16 PM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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