On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Murdoch also predicted that Chicago can't be a two-newspaper town too > much longer and that the Sun-Times is as good as dead (he owned the > paper in the mid-80s). Right now, both papers' parent companies are > in Chapter 11 (although the Tribune Co.'s problems aren't directly > related to the Tribune, unlike Sun-Times Media Group)--however, the > Trib is still smarting from criticisms that the recent revamp by the > people who started the Trib's successful young demo commuter tab the > RedEye have "dumbed down" the paper (mostly because of a cut news hole > and pushing celeb news on the front pages). I thought much of the Sun-Times' problems related to the fact that Conrad Black was a crook. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
