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  • creekster
    It is NOT a monkey!
    • Nov 2008
    • 22661

    #1

    How can newspapers be saved?

    It is not below the belt attacks like this that are going to save newspapers.

    PLesa excuse the tpyos.
  • il Padrino Ute
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 19161

    #2
    Originally posted by creekster View Post
    It is not below the belt attacks like this that are going to save newspapers.

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1945960.ece
    I dunno. I'd have more respect for newspapers if they ran stuff like this.

    I'd love to see AP pick up that wire and spread the news across the country.
    "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


    "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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    • Babs
      Not a Lawyer
      • Nov 2008
      • 17128

      #3
      Sorry to break it to you, Creek, but I don't think there's any hope saving newspapers. The entire industry's been impotent for years now.

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      • FMCoug
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2008
        • 6825

        #4
        Originally posted by Babs View Post
        Sorry to break it to you, Creek, but I don't think there's any hope saving newspapers. The entire industry's been impotent for years now.

        Interesting choice of words given the topic of the article.
        "It's true that everything happens for a reason. Just remember that sometimes that reason is that you did something really, really, stupid."

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        • creekster
          It is NOT a monkey!
          • Nov 2008
          • 22661

          #5
          Sorry to break it to you, Creek, but I don't think there's any hope saving newspapers. The entire industry's been impotent for years now.
          Well, either way, I guess Hitler may not have been as nutty as we thought.
          PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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          • il Padrino Ute
            Junior Member
            • Nov 2008
            • 19161

            #6
            Originally posted by creekster View Post
            Well, either way, I guess Hitler may not have been as nutty as we thought.
            He'll be here all week folks. Don't forget to tip your waitress.
            "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


            "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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            • BigFatMeanie
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 7154

              #7
              Originally posted by creekster View Post
              Well, either way, I guess Hitler may not have been as nutty as we thought.
              Now I understand why he started hoarding jewels in his mountain hideaway.

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              • HuskyFreeNorthwest
                Time to camp
                • Nov 2008
                • 26082

                #8
                The best way to save newspapers is to have Obama elected every few months. That may be the last time that newsstands sell out of daily papers for a long time, if ever again.
                Get confident, stupid
                -landpoke

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                • SeattleUte
                  Faith crisis consultant
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 20837

                  #9
                  The heading here is like asking, Can the typwriter be saved? We don't suffer for want of news. The New York Times, the "paper" I read, has been evolving its online persona. I haven't bought a paper newspaper in years.
                  When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                  --Jonathan Swift

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                  • TripletDaddy
                    sweet triple
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 58186

                    #10
                    Originally posted by creekster View Post
                    Well, either way, I guess Hitler may not have been as nutty as we thought.
                    Maybe not, but he certainly was One Teste individual.
                    Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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                    • YOhio
                      Hipster Mode
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 26165

                      #11
                      Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                      Maybe not, but he certainly was One Teste individual.
                      He must have lost his marbles early on.

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                      • Surfah
                        Where's Wallace?
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 33726

                        #12
                        If he had any cojones he would have faced his enemy instead of swallowing that cyanide pill and putting the gun to his head.
                        "Nobody listens to Turtle."
                        -Turtle
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                        • Coach McGuirk
                          1
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 12109

                          #13
                          Originally posted by YOhio View Post
                          He must have lost his marbles early on.
                          Marble, YOhio, marble. Otherwise he would have had no balls at all and would never have come to power.

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                          • All-American
                            Right, as Usual
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 15693

                            #14
                            NBC and CBS would be dead now if they had stuck to radio broadcasting. There's no sense in crying over the death of the obsolete.
                            τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

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                            • RobinFinderson
                              Banned
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 10548

                              #15
                              When people talk about the 'death of the newspaper,' I don't think they are generally talking about the printed page. The shift of format from ink to pixels is only relevant inasmuch as news 'papers' have a higher profit margin than online content.

                              How can the news business be saved? That is the real question, no? This is about the decline of professional journalism jobs. Professional journalists, with deep knowledge of a beat, access to the best contacts, and the time to develop a story, will provide a superior news product compared to Joe Blogger.

                              Newspaper editors aren't resigning over paper sales. They are throwing in the towel when the industry lays off half of the news room and then expects a quality product.

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