Yes, but if the Times were to switch to online format only, it is estimated that they would only be able to support 1/3 of their newsroom. You can't possibly believe that a 67% decrease in writers has a positive impact on the quality, or breadth of their reporting.
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art < [email protected]> wrote: > NYT online has all the articles, in full. > > > > At 11:50 AM 10/18/2012, Peter D'Antonio wrote: > > True, much of the today's news can now be had from trending twitter > hashtags, but you all are ignoring the fact that the convenience of instant > access sacrifices quality and considerably so. You cannot find better > reporting than that of the NY Times period; you may of course argue that > the internet can make up for this loss, but such wouldn't change the fact > that it is the newsprints that are the most informative and do a better job > than any website (or string of websites for that matter) possibly can. > > And I'm probably younger than most of you (still in college), so shame > shame shame, pick up a paper. > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> > wrote: > When I go home to visit my mother in Florida she still gets the paper > and I will bring it in for her, and she will without fail offer to hand me > sections of it ("want to read the Sports while I do xyz?") > Each time I politely decline telling her that there isn't a scrap of news > in the paper that I probably didn't know about yesterday while reading it > online. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> > ] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 02:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > > I'm surprised most print media is still alive today, much less a few years > from now. > the only time I get a newspaper is when I'm at an airport going somewhere. > Other than that I get my written news online where I can choose a variety > of sources every day. > > as the Baby Boomers die off, print will be gone > > > At 06:08 AM 10/18/2012, Posteropolis wrote: > > Yup, sadly, the end of print media is happening somewhat sooner, though > only by a year or two, than most were predicting. (I have to say I've been > surprised the newsweeklies have even lasted this long. A weekly > newsmagazine? In the age of the Internet and the 24-hour news cycle?) > > That said... > > As a cartoonist and freelance writer I've made all or some of my living in > print for most of my adult life. That ended earlier this year when the alt > weekly I cartooned for was shuttered by its corporate masters. At a > cartoonists convention a scant week after that, one of Canada's best-known > editorial cartoonists predicted that the paper he works for won't even > exist, in print form or maybe in any form, in three years. Now it looks > like he was being optimistic! > > Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce > Hershenson<[email protected]> To: > [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 8:12 AM Subject: > Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > On the heels of MCW ending comes the end of Newsweek, One by one they will > all go. Time is next, and then The New York Times (yes, The New York > Times). > > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/18/a-turn-of-the-page-for-newsweek.html > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Tom Martin > <[email protected]> > wrote: >so you started reading MCW when you where 5 years old Sue?? ok > thats possible....I guess. > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: > [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: > [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 >Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 > 17:11:59 +0000 > >> >>So much of my own collection are items I bought > from dealers I met >through MCW. I was there at the beginning and for > many years, as a >collector, couldn't wait for the latest copy to get to > me. It was a >genuine thrill to open it up and see all the fun stuff for > sale. >Brian and family are great people and, later as a advertiser, they > >helped > me immensely making sure every detail was covered. I wish them >all the > best of luck and extend enormous thanks for their >contribution to our > hobby. MCW was way more than a newspaper, it was >a part of our history.. >> > >>Sue Heim >> > >><http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com>www.hollywoodposterframes.com >> > >> >> >> >>Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:08:29 -0400 >>From: > [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's > World 1976-2012 >>To: [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>I > attribute at least half of my Best Picture Collection, the most >complete > private collection of AA best picture OS?s in the world, to >Brian and > MCW. My NM Plum-style GWTW, my VF Mutiny on the Bounty, >and many others > were found in this great publication. >> >>Thank you Brian, very much. >> > >>Regards > >> >>DBT >>Profile >> >>From: MoPo List [ > >> >><[email protected]>mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of >Bruce Hershenson >>Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:55 PM >>To: > [email protected] >>Subject: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's > World 1976-2012 >> >>I am so very sad to announce that "On Monday, > October 15 two of the >most highly respected film buff publications, > Movie Collector?s World >(MCW) and Classic Images (CI) announced that > they had come to an >agreement on the sale of MCW. Classic Images has > agreed to buy Movie >Collectors World, a Michigan based newspaper > published by Brian >Bukantis since 1985. The agreement was made on > Friday, October 12. >The two papers, serving movie buffs around the > world, will be merged >into one monthly publication. Under the terms of > the agreement, >currently active paid MCW subscribers will receive each > monthly issue >of CI, beginning with the December issue, for the length > of their MCW >subscription term." >> >>Those of you who only joined this > hobby the past few years only know >of MCW as a thin magazine, filled > mostly with auction announcements >and ads for the foremost dealers. >> >>But > for those of us who have been in the hobby for decades, we >remember so > well those pre-Internet days when a large portion of the >collectors and > dealers subscribed to this then bulging publication, >because it was THE > number one way to buy and sell, and pretty much >the most important day > of the month was the one when MCW arrived! >> >>This really IS the "end > of an era". I want to publicly thank Brian >Bukantis for publishing it > the past 27 years, and for doing a superb >job throughout that time (of > course, the ONLY thing he couldn't >overcome was the Internet, which is > rapidly putting EVERY newspaper >and magazine out of business, and Brian > should be quite proud that he >was able to continue publishing as long as > he did). He is a great >guy, both personally and professionally, and he > added immeasurably to >our hobby. The ONLY silver lining to this is that > Brian's life now >won't be spent going from one urgent deadline to > another! >> >>I will have more about this (and a farewell message from > Brian) in >my next weekly e-mail club message on Sunday! >> >>Bruce >>-- > >>Bruce > Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com >team >>P.O. > Box 874 >>West Plains, MO 65775 >>Phone: > 417-256-9616<#13a7540d56cb357d_13a751f4a802e622_>(hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 > except from 12 to 1 when >we > take lunch) >>our site >>our auctions >> >> >> >> >> >>Complete Buyer > Protection - No time limit on our guarantees & NO >buyer beware >>Hershenson > Help Hotline - Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for >urgent problems >>Also, > please read the following three pages of in-depth Customer >Reviews of > our company - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, which shows you in >our customers' > own words exactly what makes our company and our >auctions so very > different from all others! >> >> >> >>Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web > Site at www.filmfan.com > >>___________________________________________________________________ > >>How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>Send a message > addressed to: [email protected] >>In the BODY of your > message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. >>Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > >>___________________________________________________________________ > >>How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >>Send a message > addressed to: [email protected] >>In the BODY of your > message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >>The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List > Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> > >___________________________________________________________________ > >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >> The author of > this message is solely responsible for its content >. >> >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com > team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: > Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our > site<http://www.emovieposter.com/> our > auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> > > [image: []] > > Complete Buyer > Protection<http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg>- > No time limit on our guarantees & NO buyer beware Hershenson Help > Hotline<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg>- > Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems Also, > please read the following three pages of in-depth Customer Reviews of our > company - Page > 1<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, > Page > 2<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, > Page > 3<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg>, > which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company > and our auctions so very different from all others! 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