HejiraHenry
Well-Known Member
Thoughts on this?
The USA Today daily inserts and supplement pages are in maybe 35 papers around the country now, as I understand it, including the Jackson, Miss., paper that I see most days.
My initial thoughts:
1, I wonder if this signals Gannett's intention to dial down its AP participation. Not much need for wire copy if they'r relying on USAT for so much non-local copy. Could save some significant cash by cutting back on AP.
2, I've heard it argued that this will help local story count - this was the pitch made in Nashville when the staff was briefed in about it - but it really seems to have constrained the space in the Clarion-Ledger's sports section. Small sample size so far, just a week or two, so I can't draw real broad conclusions about that just yet.
3, You put enough blue and red dots on a paper, it looks like there's a 75-percent-off sale.
The USA Today daily inserts and supplement pages are in maybe 35 papers around the country now, as I understand it, including the Jackson, Miss., paper that I see most days.
My initial thoughts:
1, I wonder if this signals Gannett's intention to dial down its AP participation. Not much need for wire copy if they'r relying on USAT for so much non-local copy. Could save some significant cash by cutting back on AP.
2, I've heard it argued that this will help local story count - this was the pitch made in Nashville when the staff was briefed in about it - but it really seems to have constrained the space in the Clarion-Ledger's sports section. Small sample size so far, just a week or two, so I can't draw real broad conclusions about that just yet.
3, You put enough blue and red dots on a paper, it looks like there's a 75-percent-off sale.
