Posted on 04/28/2009 6:01:30 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
There seems to be an interesting rule of thumb lately in the newspaper business. Whenever a publisher delivers a pep talk about how well they are doing or about their future plans for improvement, it always signals bad news in the near future. And the more fervent the pep talk, the steeper the circulation plunge. This certainly has proved true with the Miami Herald. Here is a video from late March of the Herald publisher, David Landberg, boldly promising better things in the future for that ailing newspaper:
We've all been dealing with a pretty steady diet of difficult financial news over the last few months. The Miami Herald Media company has taken actions to make sure that we can weather this financial downturn. We've got the largest reporting staff of any news organization in all of South Florida. Our readers tell us we make a difference in their lives and that is really important to us. The Miami Herald's commitment to South Florida won't change. That's something everyone can count on.
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I guess they thought that the paper's design was the reason for its circulation decline back then.
PING!
“The Miami Herald’s commitment to South Florida won’t change....”
...yeah?...well apparently South Florida isn’t committed to the Herald.
A few months back the Herald announced it would be using two conservatives on its op-ed pages. That signaled to me that the very liberal rag was indeed in trouble.
Do you remember Tropic Magazine that came out on Sundays? When they got rid of it, I knew the end would not be behind.
Yeah, I remember Tropic. When did they get rid of it?
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