Murdoch gets Newsday

[PHINJ]

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-bznews0422,0,3020603.story

 

[BYH]

Better than Dolan, I guess.

And better than that idiot Sam Zell.

And since Long Island is long numb to the lack of competition in the daily newspaper market, I don't think anyone will fuss if he turns it into the Post Lite.

 

[Football_Bat]

Murdoch will own the Times before the decade is out. Book it.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Another Murdoch property is a blight.
However, this is going to give conniptions to the folks out on LI.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Newsday can yap about Tribune's ownership left and right, but it was their criminal circulation-numbers cooking that brought down the company more than any single occurrence.

Non-TRB higher-ups ****ed an awful lot of people.

 

[Jersey_Guy]

I imagine we'll see some sort of coverage-sharing with the Post.

Can't see too much of an initial overlap in columnists - the tone of both publications is just so different - but wouldn't surprise me if there are eventual casualties among the beat folks. Total bummer.

 

[reformedhack]

One only hopes Ray Barone gets to keep his column. :)

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Your newest Newsday columnist.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/business/media/21potion.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

[BYH]

Newsday can yap about Tribune's ownership left and right, but it was their criminal circulation-numbers cooking that brought down the company more than any single occurrence.

Non-TRB higher-ups ****ed an awful lot of people.

Hey you shut up! Raymond Jansen said he had no idea what was going on!

What a piece of ****.

 

[BYH]

Another Murdoch property is a blight.
However, this is going to give conniptions to the folks out on LI.

do you mean the staff, or the readership?

Cause the readership is used to a crappy product (that's a knock on upper management that has no reason to try b/c it's got a monopoly, not the staff).

 

[PHINJ]

The paper will improve under Murdoch. Murdoch was the only potential buyer who wouldn't slash the newsroom budget.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

That doesn't mean the newspaper will improve.
It means he'll hire hacks and turn it into a rag like the Post.
It's happening already at the ESJ.

http://online.wSportsJournalists.com/article/SB120882920249533557.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

 

[PHINJ]

The paper can't help but improve. The WSJ is certainly better and more readable since he bought it.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I believe you are incorrect in both adjectives. In the Murdoch context, "more readable" means "move your lips more slowly."

 

[PHINJ]

I don't know, I read the paper every day and I like it a lot more. I enjoy the increased political coverage, which is as good and as high-brow as any in the country. Adding more sports news has helped. Most of the WSJ staffers fears prior to takeover have been largely unfounded.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

FB: I read the WSJ each morning as part of my job, which involves close copy editing. If there is any difference of note in the Murdoch version, for good or ill, I've missed it. Same solid read it's always been.

I hesitate to bring this up here, but why sugar coat reality? The only area of coverage where Newsday and the Post significantly overlap enough to provide cost savings via reduced staff is sports.

 

[Birdscribe]

Your newest Newsday columnist.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/business/media/21potion.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Married to Meredith Whitney, one of the most prominent financial-group analysts on Wall Street?

The guy's a walking, erect conflict-of-interest.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Married to Meredith Whitney, one of the most prominent financial-group analysts on Wall Street?

The guy's a walking, erect conflict-of-interest.

Why?

Is Meredith that hot?

 

[Birdscribe]

Married to Meredith Whitney, one of the most prominent financial-group analysts on Wall Street?

The guy's a walking, erect conflict-of-interest.

Why?

Is Meredith that hot?

No... a play on what our friend is marketing for a living.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Oh . . . . here I was trying to make a joke, and I missed yours.

Sorry.

:'( :'( :'(