Posted on 12/30/2008 7:42:03 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
The body of the article is here. It cannot be reposted thanks to the cretins at Gannett News. However, the upshot of the editorial is that the only daily paper in Ithaca is cutting news pages AND advertising.
All together now, cut the world's smallest violin:
Jeepers, does this mean that some of the inhabitants of the City of Evil are growing a brain...?
Ping
There seems to be a trend...
Changes in print edition won’t alter our coverage of Delaware
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812290315
Funny thing about it is that the local lefty rag has twice the news in a paper half the size and they don't seem to be hurting. Probably because they out-source the printing and use independent reporters, which may be the salvation of the large dailys.
Sic transit. No great loss, IMO.
Now,the nearby big-city Cincinnati Enquirer announced this week it is cutting pages,paper size,combining sections,and reducing classified ad space.
I suspect the severe downturn in automotive sales is the instant cause,in that car ads seem to have made up a huge portion of the total ads.
Doesn't the Cornell Daily Sun still publish? It's been a while since I lived in Ithaca but at that time it had a large readership off campus.
The Urinal could disappear and no loss to anyone.
I have an aunt that used to be a newspaper editor ("used to be" is the operative phrase here; she bailed out of the industry a few months ago. She made no bones about it--the writing is on the wall, she said). Anyway, she told me that yes, auto ads are a large portion of a local newspaper's income.
Craigslist.com is their doom then.
Far more efficient for that sort of thing.
The newspaper world always collectively shakes their fists and swears never to change their politics. Maybe they’ll be doing a “Page Six” with nude cuties before it’s all over.
Heh, heh, heh. My heart bleeds.
Actually, a lot of the Ithacites consider the Journal too "conservative" for their tastes and stick with the New York Times and the alternative media.
Yes, but I don't think you can call a paper that suspends publication during most of December and January and then again from early May to late August, not mention most holidays, a true "daily."
Like a nano NY Times, slowly evaporating.
**Actually, a lot of the Ithacites consider the Journal too “conservative” for their tastes **
Especially once overheard at DINER... “Yes, that Nancy Pelosi IS a little too conservative ...”
As for the Urinal .. I only buy Friday’s for the TV section and sometimes Thursday for the TICKET thing (which I can write off as business expenses - research). I prefer if I can steal both from the pile at the diners.
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