I might fall off my seat from laughing, you know...
Chicago Sun Times - and all related properties is up for sale.
>They are raising this price of each copy of the paper from
>35 to 50 cents.
Wow. A pack of liberal/communist/democrats are about to get ... an economics lesson!
LOL!
Tennyson's work was Idylls of the King.
Morte d'Arthur is the French collection of tales of Arthur which antedates Tennyson by several centuries.
Geez, no wonder these clowns are on the Death Watch.
The numbers will not drop below the number of bird owners.
“Stupid hippies”—Eric Cartman
Hmmm. I wonder what they might be doing wrong.
While I was at the Chronicle, we had Monday morning meetings every week. These might have to of been the most depressing things I had ever been involved in. Allow me to paint a picture for you - You’re sitting amongst people who have not made their goal in months, but can’t be fired because of the union. Naturally, they have been here since the 80’s (most still dress as if it is the 80’s), and at this point are almost to the point of jumping off the building (which people have done at the Oakland Tribune). Problem is, the Chron is only 3 stories high. If they do jump, then they might actually live and it’s just not worth it. Of course, at this point, they’ve gotten rid of anyone who could make a difference or have any fresh ideas. Newspapers don’t seem to want to do anything to change their massive decline. You get introduced to the meeting with a big, “Good Morning!” For some reason, they expect you to give a boisterous return salutation and are disappointed to get a half-hearted, “Sup” in reply. These people don’t care. They’re salaries are so high, they don’t have to care. This the point when the Numbers Guy, who probably has a better title than that, proceeds to tell us that we’re down in every category across the board except internet. It was honestly both sad and comical at the same time. “National advertising is down 10%. Local advertising is down 18%. Classifieds are down 30%. Internet is up 130%.” I’m not sure how that happened, unless they forgot to count SFGate the past year, SFGate was that bad last year or they’re fudging the numbers. Now, upon hearing that do you think people wanted to go out and sell the shit out of some newspaper ads? Hell no, they wanted to figure out what this “internet” was and how they could get in on it. Keep in mind, most of them are still in the 80’s and typing the classified ads on a typewriter and sending them down a chute. This is the point when the VP of advertising gets up and begins to lay the failure of the company on the sales reps. It’s our fault that journalist are getting laid-off, you know. (Update… she quit. Go figure.)