On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:56, Jim O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Here's the epitome of idiotic mismanagement: Media General has 141 people > working at the Dothan (Ala. ) Eagle. > Dothan has a population of 60,000. > The paper quotes a circulation of 33,000, but if you believe that you > probably believe Joaquin Phoenix is the next big hip hop star. I think that's the next big thing we're going to see: an established paper cutting staff at a scale we haven't imagined -- like, cutting a newsroom from 220 people to 60 -- but making the commitment to continue to exist. The Rocky probably couldn't do this due to its enormous debt load. Such a newsroom isn't going to get to as much, obviously. It's going to have to deploy resources the way a TV newsroom does. But there would still be the key difference of newspapers understanding what grown-up news is, versus television stations covering firings and shootings and ribbon-cuttings. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" 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/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
