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Sheer Idiocy
New word! “Printies”
http://recoveringjournalist.typepad.com/recovering_journalist/2008/08/beware-the-printies.html
Beware the Printies
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NewspaperProject: a wobbly kickoff
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99628
Prime-Time TV Commercial Prices Plummet, CBS Faces Biggest Drop
Rimshot to Potts for his comic timing. ROTFL. An old school client of mine, wealthy enough to buy decorative art in the six figure range, also prints out his email. My wealthy client's old school ways help me better understand billionaires such as Zell, who's DNA totally blocks any thought of a world without newspaper.Beware the Printies
It's bad enough that newspapers are seeing their core business disintegrate and having trouble transitioning into their digital future. But they're also being held back by continuing and chronic problems with old-school managers who are clinging to the print model they grew up on and just won't let go.
Call these dangerous dinosaurs Printosaurus Rex. Or, for short: Printies. Printies exist throughout the newspaper business, but they're most pernicious in the executive suite, where they continue to hold back intelligent, aggressive digital development. You know the type: They rhapsodize about how nice it is to be able to hold news in their hands as they read it. They tend to wear expensive suits and drive nice cars, paid for in better times. They declaim about never reading blogs. They may have a Facebook profile–but no friends. (But they don't hesitate to hold forth on their "expertise" about Facebook.) They spend money on inane print promotions but don't bother to market their Web sites.
They print out their e-mail.