tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post2711801899247204804..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: DEAD-TREE DEMISE!!! McCLATCHY STOCK FALTERS WHILST KANSAS CITY STAR PRINTING PLANT SELLING AT LOSS!!!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-76762996729624572722019-05-10T20:54:17.950-05:002019-05-10T20:54:17.950-05:00No one reads the KC Star because there is nothing ...No one reads the KC Star because there is nothing useful in it. But the Wall Street Journal is still going strong. I still subscribe to the print edition and also read it in digital form as well. The Star's content is junk so it became a junk paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-3959150204285470602019-05-10T12:56:11.075-05:002019-05-10T12:56:11.075-05:00OK. But what is an AOL? Is that kind of like AWOL?...OK. But what is an AOL? Is that kind of like AWOL?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-89163955965621964012019-05-10T11:12:04.255-05:002019-05-10T11:12:04.255-05:00Literally no one likes the star. They're fuck...Literally no one likes the star. They're fuckedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-48727863758767151922019-05-10T05:43:41.514-05:002019-05-10T05:43:41.514-05:00Not sure who Jimmy C is or even what a Pulitzer me...Not sure who Jimmy C is or even what a Pulitzer means to anyone anymore.<br />Even if the newspaper (think how archaic that word is) won 3 a year every year... not many would care.<br />Relevance is everything and the Star doesn’t have it.<br />Had they dissolved the editorial board 3 years ago- they would have more readers as you tend to not subscribe when something you pay for alienates you.<br />Tradition is pride. Pride has doomed many businesses.<br />In 3 years when people look back- they will see many lost opportunities.<br />The biggest one is bad leadership with zero new ideas...that worked.<br />Yet they continued to hire editorial board people.<br />And alienate.<br />Diversity by opinion is wrong... and consumers proved it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-74029835773481610562019-05-10T01:43:01.456-05:002019-05-10T01:43:01.456-05:00Uh oh, the Sunday edition selling for only $1 at s...Uh oh, the Sunday edition selling for only $1 at select Dollar Tree (KCK) stores is probably going away soon.Oh, well, Occasional-Cortex wants us to save trees. Coupon clipping is going APP happy!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-13499533562781626622019-05-10T00:26:07.398-05:002019-05-10T00:26:07.398-05:00^^^ +1000 on 11:35. People don't need the news...^^^ +1000 on 11:35. People don't need the newspaper. No longer a resource. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-72805398582180062892019-05-09T23:35:57.651-05:002019-05-09T23:35:57.651-05:00I havent bought a KC Star newspaper in over 10 yea...I havent bought a KC Star newspaper in over 10 years who reads paper anything anymore?. And if you see any where they still sell them they only put like 5-10 papers in the rack, only old people who cant change their ways buys that waste of money these days. And not just a waste of money on the paper but for sure a waste of money on the content!!!Its over KC Star no one gives a shit what you have to say anymorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-59695880297622076802019-05-09T20:30:14.801-05:002019-05-09T20:30:14.801-05:00^^^^^^^^That slandous shit he wrote would get him ...^^^^^^^^That slandous shit he wrote would get him sued and jailed now days. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-22109992645260207222019-05-09T20:04:12.675-05:002019-05-09T20:04:12.675-05:00Ah yes Hearne's gossip column. The good ol...Ah yes Hearne's gossip column. The good ol' days. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-69024162376099410662019-05-09T20:02:19.619-05:002019-05-09T20:02:19.619-05:00STFU!STFU!One Microsecond Attention Spannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-79985467293622351702019-05-09T20:00:49.118-05:002019-05-09T20:00:49.118-05:00Sure do 7:56. And the paper guy had a arm like Mag...Sure do 7:56. And the paper guy had a arm like Magic Johnson. Could hit the front steps right outside the door from the truck like a pro. This was before the general populace, the current generations had an attention span of one microsecond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-52995497861366318452019-05-09T19:57:05.948-05:002019-05-09T19:57:05.948-05:00I blame gopher boi aka “Baghdad bob” no newspaper ...I blame gopher boi aka “Baghdad bob” no newspaper could follow or compete with that kind of stupidity! Hahahahaha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-85538604116012725222019-05-09T19:56:39.169-05:002019-05-09T19:56:39.169-05:00Ah anyone else remember when you could get a big f...Ah anyone else remember when you could get a big fat informative, fun, and interesting KC Star for 25 Cents?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-89128374250323953782019-05-09T19:54:54.983-05:002019-05-09T19:54:54.983-05:00Then came Facebook and Twitter and news you could ...Then came Facebook and Twitter and news you could trust and count on passed away. An untimely death if there ever was one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-25773029411125746902019-05-09T19:52:37.654-05:002019-05-09T19:52:37.654-05:00Then the blogging fad came and that was the beginn...Then the blogging fad came and that was the beginning of the end of journalistic integrity. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-58531996205028538112019-05-09T19:28:04.789-05:002019-05-09T19:28:04.789-05:00The paper is (was) the recipient of eight Pulitzer...The paper is (was) the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes. <br /><br /><br />That was before AOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-33895957299057521762019-05-09T19:24:15.285-05:002019-05-09T19:24:15.285-05:00Just more and more of the marvelous downtown KCMO ...Just more and more of the marvelous downtown KCMO momentum!<br />What the Star needs is to bring back Hoops and have her and Sanchez write an endless loop about white privilege, misogyny, toxic masculinity, racism, intersectionality, homophobia, Islamaphobia, and all the other terrible things that are crushing their groupie readers each and every day.<br />And include a list of victims along with yet another regurgitation of how Hillary actually won the last election and all the rules need to be changed, because that's the only reason she actually lost.<br />And if that doesn't work, ho about just try to gather some facts and actually print the news?<br />Worth a try.<br />But WAY TOO LATE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-52763161371294767162019-05-09T18:31:46.269-05:002019-05-09T18:31:46.269-05:00I said it 10 years ago and I'll say it again t...I said it 10 years ago and I'll say it again they'll become a 3-4 day paper. McClatchy's already done it in Detroit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-74461848407220478682019-05-09T18:16:38.499-05:002019-05-09T18:16:38.499-05:00"beg for Tax Incentives" sorry"beg for Tax Incentives" sorry Deplorables of Flyoverlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-8470629077946356942019-05-09T18:15:37.251-05:002019-05-09T18:15:37.251-05:00Someone will snatch it up for pennies on the dolla...Someone will snatch it up for pennies on the dollar. Then big for tax incentives.Deplorables of Flyoverlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-60977632049698427442019-05-09T18:11:53.402-05:002019-05-09T18:11:53.402-05:00The leftist echo chamber is collapsing in on itsel...The leftist echo chamber is collapsing in on itself. And I am enjoying the show.Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803577665087271200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-88494060116862693762019-05-09T18:11:32.820-05:002019-05-09T18:11:32.820-05:00Sold! To the lowest bidder!Sold! To the lowest bidder!The Hipsterocracy, drunk on craft beernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-88719120480018780302019-05-09T18:02:21.882-05:002019-05-09T18:02:21.882-05:00The insanity that runs rampant at the local paper ...The insanity that runs rampant at the local paper of record is on a mitochondrial level.<br /><br />Even now, as the business burns to the ground, it could be saved and become a useful vehicle for information to subscribers.<br /><br />The bias, is virulent and hostile to all people who are not Progressive. The insults and venomous invective directed at those whose politics are not in lock step with Democratic Socialism and the Progressive narrative dictate a reduction in possible customers by 40%. An even handed opinion section from both sides of the aisle with respect to issues, would probably STILL save the paper.<br /><br />An advertising campaign that stressed objectivity and an even handed discussion of politics and events here in the city, would increase subscriptions dramatically.<br /><br />Fire the idiots who have run this paper into the ground and hire someone who sees the citizens, all citizens here in the city as potential customers, that you DON'T want to piss off.<br /><br />I could fuckin do it in 12 months.<br /><br />I guarantee it. <br /><br />I take it back, I could do it in 6 months with total control.<br /><br />It is what it is.chuckhttp://www.lmnhy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-50092092185692612962019-05-09T17:53:40.251-05:002019-05-09T17:53:40.251-05:00The Star will be closed within two years. The prin...The Star will be closed within two years. The print operation will shut down with very little notice, and everyone will act shocked and surprised. The company will then attempt to market a grossly overpriced "digital only" scam, but that will fail too.<br /><br />There's good opportunity here for online wildcatters and cyberjournalists who have experience in digital advertisingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-36566374764587307932019-05-09T17:53:26.989-05:002019-05-09T17:53:26.989-05:00Spread under bike during oil/filter changes.Spread under bike during oil/filter changes.Reality Speakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536222412085621290noreply@blogger.com