tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514703016498961093.post5980594754960781690..comments2024-01-21T13:41:55.986-05:00Comments on The Real Muck: R.I.P. Baltimore ExaminerDavid Ettlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00858701708865222941noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514703016498961093.post-19309360924663164492009-02-09T08:30:00.000-05:002009-02-09T08:30:00.000-05:00For the last time: The Baltimore Examiner is not b...For the last time: The Baltimore Examiner is not being closed because it is losing money. It makes money; today's advertising-(not duplicated with the DC edition)-packed edition is evidence. The paper simply does not make ENOUGH money to satisfy its publishers. What's killing newspapers today--and has been for the past 25 years--isn't that they aren't profitable. It's corporate management and shareholder GREED. A newspaper that breaks even or makes even a little money is a failure in their eyes and not worth the trouble. In most industries, that thinking is ridiculous. In the modern newspaper business, it's the status quo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514703016498961093.post-71980948095531521522009-02-01T11:37:00.000-05:002009-02-01T11:37:00.000-05:00At this rate, pretty soon there won't be enough ne...At this rate, pretty soon there won't be enough newspaper left to line the bottom of a bird cage. I'll have to start printing out some of the daily sh*tload of spam I receive just so the bird has something to read.MitchHellmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049328242740693506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514703016498961093.post-12465173861845017752009-02-01T04:25:00.000-05:002009-02-01T04:25:00.000-05:00The Washington Post has gotten smaller these days,...The Washington Post has gotten smaller these days, too. I subscribe to the Sunday edition, and it's a bit smaller than the weekday editions used to be (I can only assume they're smaller these days, too.) Now that the elections are over, I'm seriously considering cancelling that subscription. I miss good newspapers.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672009804093686446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514703016498961093.post-51220485464776870762009-01-30T15:37:00.000-05:002009-01-30T15:37:00.000-05:00The Examiner delivery reminds me of something the ...The Examiner delivery reminds me of something the Dallas Morning News is doing here: tossing a small paper of briefs, called Briefing, for free. I don't take the paper for the sole purpose that it's mostly briefs these days. I want stories to read, not briefs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514703016498961093.post-91156574486133176742009-01-29T23:57:00.000-05:002009-01-29T23:57:00.000-05:00being a newspaper lover, i'm sad top see the exami...being a newspaper lover, i'm sad top see the examiner go. the really sad part is that the sun has turned into the examiner: filled with "a lot of little stories."sungalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708543210573969005noreply@blogger.com