tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post6164161876234520148..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: Be Thankful That You Didn't Go Into The Newspaper Business: Q3 Hard Luck For Kansas City Star Parent Company Stock!!!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-28510251753832503762017-11-24T04:48:14.188-06:002017-11-24T04:48:14.188-06:00It’s the editorial board- so divisive in a time it...It’s the editorial board- so divisive in a time it can’t afford to be.<br />Mediocrity is the biggest sin with the likes of “me too” writers.<br />Let’s see a break down by age of subscribers on what they pay to subscribe- Do old people pay more and why?<br />Attorney Generals should be on this and if older people pay more for the paper- higher ups should lose jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-53632049424327075582017-11-24T00:04:08.830-06:002017-11-24T00:04:08.830-06:00Time for Sly to cut them another check?
Maube th...Time for Sly to cut them another check? <br /><br />Maube this is the charity that will receive the Amazon junk. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-47445132574815360492017-11-23T21:37:07.511-06:002017-11-23T21:37:07.511-06:00I thought about going into the newspaper business ...I thought about going into the newspaper business but I have way too much integrity and ethics so I work in the payday loan business Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-76965659915808300462017-11-23T19:06:12.920-06:002017-11-23T19:06:12.920-06:00The Star is a very small market "newspaper&qu...The Star is a very small market "newspaper" with an out-of-town owner whose only interest in the paper is that it keeps its line item of the monthly McClatchey financial report in black ink.<br />You can sell off assets and fire experienced reporters only so long to keep the lights on.<br />And when the Star line item turns red, it will be gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-64170271477784701482017-11-23T17:35:23.237-06:002017-11-23T17:35:23.237-06:00I always wonder why the Star doesn't report Mc...I always wonder why the Star doesn't report McClatchy trouble. Some of the other publications do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-40989821635086663532017-11-23T16:27:28.314-06:002017-11-23T16:27:28.314-06:00sinquefield sinquefield Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-16468054624078527542017-11-23T16:24:56.495-06:002017-11-23T16:24:56.495-06:00McClatchy is surprising small: market cap of $76 m...McClatchy is surprising small: market cap of $76 million, 29 newspapers with a combined weekly circluation of 1.6 million.<br /><br />They've sold off a lot of newspapers.<br /><br />Maybe a local millionaire should buy the Star.....?<br /><br />Steve Rose? Crosby Kemper? Who else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-1937917645496644242017-11-23T16:20:34.797-06:002017-11-23T16:20:34.797-06:00^^^ says the SJW who buys Chinese shit at WalMart....^^^ says the SJW who buys Chinese shit at WalMart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-71151112226072919782017-11-23T14:52:06.242-06:002017-11-23T14:52:06.242-06:00Everyone one is laid off and outsourced. Stock hol...Everyone one is laid off and outsourced. Stock holders are parasites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-27449752550575011442017-11-23T13:16:57.729-06:002017-11-23T13:16:57.729-06:00Like Geezer Hater 8:03, they'll just whine for...Like Geezer Hater 8:03, they'll just whine for a bailout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-77928707760916559282017-11-23T13:03:16.862-06:002017-11-23T13:03:16.862-06:00Wow last month's news today! Thanks dude!Wow last month's news today! Thanks dude!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-62531216027049385122017-11-23T11:38:02.335-06:002017-11-23T11:38:02.335-06:00The biggest slap in the face for those remaining w...The biggest slap in the face for those remaining with the Falling Star will come when they officially declare bankruptcy and the judge allows them to discharge their pension liabilities to retirees and those who were still yet to draw them.<br /><br />The last several years McClatchy has been substituting overvalued real estate assets, etc., in lieu of cash payments to employee pension funds. Just review the documents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-83046977733514041532017-11-23T10:56:32.491-06:002017-11-23T10:56:32.491-06:00The real story is how the hell an archaic beached ...The real story is how the hell an archaic beached whale like teh Star is still hanging on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-72625796792985258352017-11-23T09:42:56.653-06:002017-11-23T09:42:56.653-06:00What's the Star?What's the Star?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-75866594466668264492017-11-23T09:38:34.035-06:002017-11-23T09:38:34.035-06:00idea: the high school journalism teachers of the m...idea: the high school journalism teachers of the metro area collaborate to put out a daily newspaper written by their students.<br /><br />they wouldn't yet have subject expertise, so they'd have to just write the essentials.<br /><br />still, that'd be better than reporting with skewed and deformed versions of events where subject expertise doesn't help convey the truth.<br /><br />there would be no one-sided editorials and each editorial wouldcrequire both a pro and a con to be printed alongside.<br /><br />the students would work for free. the costs of publishing would be by advertisers and foundation sponsors. the papers would be dustributed free in restaurants, grocery stores, and, yes, schools.<br /><br />high school students would be taught to read newspapers again.<br /><br />the format would maybe 20 tabloid pages to keep it simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-33613101109794145062017-11-23T08:37:28.119-06:002017-11-23T08:37:28.119-06:00Because nobody else wants them?Because nobody else wants them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-46358063697982501242017-11-23T08:34:57.923-06:002017-11-23T08:34:57.923-06:00it's not sustainable and is going down.
why, ...it's not sustainable and is going down.<br /><br />why, then, are the journalists who are still there staying?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-42431147707543666842017-11-23T08:03:23.283-06:002017-11-23T08:03:23.283-06:00Like all geezers, that industry will pass. Like all geezers, that industry will pass. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-53848021309539011502017-11-23T08:02:26.983-06:002017-11-23T08:02:26.983-06:00Blogging is where the big money is
LMAOBlogging is where the big money is<br /><br /><br />LMAOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-42128253833995334862017-11-23T08:00:12.123-06:002017-11-23T08:00:12.123-06:00Fuck 'em.Fuck 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com