tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post8150428783177433131..comments2023-10-12T05:00:35.247-04:00Comments on Jacob's Land of Bliss and Blisters: Help Me Celebrate Death (of Newspapers)*Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05768654376657640904noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-15913652307007824442009-03-18T14:34:00.000-04:002009-03-18T14:34:00.000-04:00I hope you're right about local papers surviving. ...I hope you're right about local papers surviving. I agree with you that there'll be a demand for them, but I'm afraid some of them won't be able to survive financially to meet that demand. For example, our former employer, which so cleverly invested a couple million in a new printing press about two years ago --- I wouldn't put them on my safe and sound list just yet.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796345438886867796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-60315125006080288472009-03-18T13:46:00.000-04:002009-03-18T13:46:00.000-04:00I too lament the passing of newspapers, but our lo...I too lament the passing of newspapers, but our local daily has responded to the squeeze by downsizing the format and cutting content. There's not much left there to miss.<BR/><BR/>Anymore when I read the paper the stories are already familiar to me from having read them the day before online. That's the way things go.Mickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980072484914437668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-45858817308986724112009-03-18T09:24:00.000-04:002009-03-18T09:24:00.000-04:00Our TV stations are also in trouble thanks to the ...Our TV stations are also in trouble thanks to the recession (no one can afford to advertise anymore). There honestly was a part of me that believed that South Africans would be unaffected. I'm so glad I work in government - at least my job is safe for now.Sidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378637266179966793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-57571794408472331412009-03-18T07:03:00.000-04:002009-03-18T07:03:00.000-04:00Woohoo! I made the funny!Woohoo! I made the funny!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245359960166359487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-87160364397564329752009-03-17T20:22:00.000-04:002009-03-17T20:22:00.000-04:00Julie: That made me actually laugh out loud.Julie: That made me actually laugh out loud.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768654376657640904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-70267808533431866472009-03-17T20:10:00.000-04:002009-03-17T20:10:00.000-04:00Why would you buy the paper when you could just ar...Why would you buy the paper when you could just archive a digital copy?Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245359960166359487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-10496394289562390602009-03-17T15:21:00.000-04:002009-03-17T15:21:00.000-04:00Sorry, no luck at lunch. I'll try another place o...Sorry, no luck at lunch. I'll try another place or two tonight, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-30101331862845999912009-03-17T14:03:00.000-04:002009-03-17T14:03:00.000-04:00I know. They were already hurting when the economy...I know. They were already hurting when the economy was artificially booming.<BR/><BR/>I do think that local papers will survive. It'll just be the major city papers that die. In towns that are too small to have local TV news and not a part of the metro area of a larger town, the local paper is the only source for local news.<BR/><BR/>They'll hurt with the local economy because of advertising, butJacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768654376657640904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-45281548164644377852009-03-17T13:57:00.000-04:002009-03-17T13:57:00.000-04:00It makes me sad. I'm not sure newspapers are going...It makes me sad. I'm not sure newspapers are going to recover after this recession is over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-79663210969201700572009-03-17T13:21:00.000-04:002009-03-17T13:21:00.000-04:00That'd be cool. I don't have one lined up yet.That'd be cool. I don't have one lined up yet.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768654376657640904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-23689641863294405022009-03-17T13:00:00.000-04:002009-03-17T13:00:00.000-04:00I'll try to find you a P-I during my lunch, assumi...I'll try to find you a P-I during my lunch, assuming you don't already have one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com