State of the Newspaper Industry

Who are getting fatter everyday.

 

Fuck 'em.

The man, the suits, the tight bastards, the man, stupid editors, tight motherfuckers, the man, Fredo, bean counters, the man, the suits who pretend they aren't suits, the stupid motherfuckers who have jobs on account of the fact that they have pics of heavy hitters with goats, the man, quota hires who think their shit don't fuckin' stink and can't write/edit/design/manage their way out of a paper fucking bag and ... most of all ....



THE MAN.

 

And what is very comforting about the future of newspapers is that those companies are taking those 30 percent margins and using it to buy back stock to improve their Wall Street numbers instead of re-investing in an improved digital product.

 

exactly, oregon. this is what happens to journalism when its books go on Wall Street.

 

It's like someone here earlier said, community journalism takes the hit as these big conglomerates gobble up the tiny papers: see JRC.

 

But have you noticed that the tiny papers are making money and NOT complaining?

 

for my money, the word "objective" is the most important word in your post.

i used to hate having to tell readers why we wouldn't do a story they suggested when i first became an editor. i could care less now. had one of those phone calls today. whacked the person at the knees, was straight to the point and then moved on with my day and didn't give it a second thought until i read your post.

if you don't want an honest answer, don't ask me a question.

 

I think what both sides forget sometimes is just how FAR we are from each other in terms of news judgment. What Joe in the street thinks is a story, couldn't be further from actually being one. And a non-journalist would walk away from a news budget meeting with his head spinning.

 

Hell I do that on a constant basis.

 

what joe doesn't get is we have to serve the masses, not just his family. sad thing is, i don't think joe ever will understand the meaning of the word unique.

 

In a nutshell.

 

Note added bolded area for clarity please.