hearst Wrote:
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> apples and oranges Wrote:
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> > news flash!!! Wrote:
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> > > Nicky B. Wrote:
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> > > > Rumor around town is that the liberal,
> lying
> > > > shitstain of a paper might not make it into
> > > next
> > > > week. Apparently advertisers have been
> > pulling
> > > out
> > > > for quite some time.
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure many will now wonder what they
> will
> > > line
> > > > their birdcages with.
> > >
> > >
> > > Dude, where have you been? Major newspapers
> > have
> > > been folding for years. Young people do not
> > read
> > > newspapers or maybe they can't read at all, I
> > > don't know. That spells doom for newspapers
> > > nationwide.
> > >
> > > What chance does a freebie bus stop paper
> have
> > if
> > > the Post can't make it? I know the Post is
> > still
> > > printed, but it is just a plaything for Jeff
> > Bezos
> > > which he bought for peanuts. A billionaire
> can
> > > keep his hobby paper going as long as he
> wants.
> > >
> > > Your right-wing Washington Times has never
> made
> > a
> > > cent in it's entire history. But just like
> > Bezos,
> > > the Moonies can keep it going forever if they
> > > want.
> >
> >
> > We aren't talking about major newspapers.
> > Community newspapers and other weekly
> newspapers
> > seem to be largely avoiding the fate of their
> > daily brethren.
>
> Would you like to provide some data to back up
> your assertion?
Sure thing. Once I do, I wonder what your reaction will be.
http://thefutureofpublishing.com/industries/the-future-of-newspapers/
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/as-dailies-vanish-local-community-papers-stubbornly-survive/
http://web.stanford.edu/group/ruralwest/cgi-bin/drupal/content/rural-newspapers
> Community papers are profoundly
> affected by realtor.come. zillow, etc.
And yet they are surviving and sometimes thriving compared to their daily counterparts...