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    RIP East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.)

    To be fair, it is my understanding that everyone lost a weeks pay with furloughs, including executives. But yes, I wish I could pocket that kind...
    Post by: school of old, Nov 9, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Proposal in Akron: 17 percent pay cut

    Wow. Thirty-four percent at one job or did you change jobs?
    Post by: school of old, Oct 25, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Launches Pay Site

    I'm kind of excited by this. Without seeing the product in action, it appears to be a good combo of paid and free. Seems like they are actually...
    Post by: school of old, Sep 1, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    The wolf at Freedom's door?

    http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=169274 Looks like Freedom will declare bankruptcy this week some time.
    Post by: school of old, Aug 30, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Five Key Reasons Why Newspapers Are Failing

    True, but I think there's something to be said about the culture that existed. It's hard to be forward thinking or start something new when so...
    Post by: school of old, Aug 17, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Five Key Reasons Why Newspapers Are Failing

    The thing to remember is that we are in the communications industry. The way we communicate has fundamentally changed because of the Internet....
    Post by: school of old, Aug 17, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Next up to charge: The Boston Globe

    You continue to use that freeloader term like everyone on the Internet should be demonized. For the most part, there isn't a way to pay. Why hate...
    Post by: school of old, Aug 10, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Now charging for content. . . the AV Press

    And I surely hope when that day comes that their Web site doesn't look like it currently does. Whether you are charging people or not, user...
    Post by: school of old, Aug 9, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Boycott Wired or Chris Anderson is a foof

    So let me get this straight ... Chris Anderson spends a significant amount of time researching and writing a book (which I'm going to go out on a...
    Post by: school of old, Aug 1, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Online comments: racist, idiotic completely useless...and bad for journalism

    I'm not suggesting that trolls should be allowed. People who leave racist and hateful comments should be dealt with, just as they would be if...
    Post by: school of old, Jul 28, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Online comments: racist, idiotic completely useless...and bad for journalism

    The days of one-way media are over. Musicians release masters so that fans can remix their work. Movies engage people with alternate reality...
    Post by: school of old, Jul 27, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Football tab vs. broadsheet

    We actually did this last year. We just ran a profile of a high school each day for like two weeks. Never heard if people liked it more or less...
    Post by: school of old, Jul 18, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    NYT to decide on how to charge for online content

    My original comments were mostly geared to the news of the Freedom paper putting up a paywall. I think the NYT could justify it because they...
    Post by: school of old, Jul 15, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    NYT to decide on how to charge for online content

    To me, it's a shortsighted approach. I'm not saying I have the ultimate answer (as if there were one) but just charging online comes off as lazy...
    Post by: school of old, Jul 13, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Why's no one beating up the ad side?

    I think the problem with that thinking is that most ad people are just salesmen. They don't have any real tie to the newspaper industry. If they...
    Post by: school of old, Apr 26, 2009 in forum: Journalism topics only