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    Palm Beach doings

    D'Angelo can't be happy, but I bet Nelson isn't either. That guy worked his way up from preps to cover FAU from the beginning of that program. Now...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Sep 25, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Seriously, what if newspapers did this?

    I have long advocated partnership with cable companies. The major newspaper chains should be banding together and striking deals with the major...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Sep 9, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Sporting News Today thread (what do you think?)

    Hate to say this but I think it's too traditional. Also, they needed a cover story today with the launch that would have had all of America...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jul 23, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    'Newspapers should stop slumming as blogs and disallow comments.'

    Reader comments on newspaper sites are the No. 1 indicator that this nation is doomed. If we are that desperate for clicks, we should stop...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jul 22, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Thinking out loud ...

    I say again, partner with the cable companies and other ISPs. Get a flat fee built into the cable bill, similar to the current tiers or premium...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jul 14, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Thinking out loud ...

    I've always wondered why the major newspaper companies didn't tackle pay-for-content by cutting deals with the internet service providers such as...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jul 13, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Help on college sports revenues/expenses

    Yes, when the dollars match exactly, it's a pretty good sign that discretionary funds were transferred to cover a deficit.
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jul 9, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Help on college sports revenues/expenses

    EADA. http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/ The numbers can be very misleading. They are good for getting total budget numbers and the breakdown of how...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jul 9, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    A theory on the trouble at metros

    If the price of oil continues to climb, that day is coming faster than anyone realizes.
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jul 7, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    It's gonna get worse.

    If gas rises to $9 or $10 a gallon, you won't have to worry about newspapers because there will be none. Not printed newspapers, anyway. It would...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jul 2, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    It's gonna get worse.

    Hot housing market.
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jul 2, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Best Movie Ending of All-Time?

    I like the end of Glory, where they storm the fort and you think they're going to win until they run into the cannon ... And I second the last...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Jun 13, 2008 in forum: Anything goes
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    10 Most Annoying Things People Do on the Golf Course.

    1) People who quote lines from or do impersonations from Caddyshack. 2) Ditto from Tin Cup. 3) Or Happy Gilmore. Godawful annoying. Stopped being...
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Apr 21, 2008 in forum: Sports and News
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    Post-Dispatch SE (big surprise, right?)

    The position has been open since the end of October.
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Apr 13, 2008 in forum: Journalism Jobs
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    PM vs. AM

    We all work for PM papers. Our Web sites are our AM papers. All of us just haven't realized this yet. :)
    Post by: Beach_Bum, Feb 13, 2008 in forum: Journalism topics only