On Jan 30, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Wasn't is always? Most major papers worked on a "for profit" basis, > and went out of business when they didn't make money. These days here > are so many sources competing for your attention. Remember yellow > journalism? Sensationalism has become the norm, unfortunately.
I remember hearing on an NPR story that it used to be that companies were content with a small profit from their news department, but now that money comes more from stock market performance, people will jetison companies that don't make enough profit. I believe that there was also a time that Networks and stations would regard their news department as a means of enhancing their image, rather than a primary source of income. But, I could be completely wrong, it's been known to happen. > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> (I have some uncharitable views towards the owners and direction of today's >>> newspapers and magazines, but I'll keep those views to myself for now :-)) >> >> I think that uncharitable is a good word for this, because the news is now >> looked at as a profit center. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
