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Detroit newspapers losing "daily" tag?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by mitch cumstein, Dec 11, 2008.

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  1. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    A bittersweet kudos for getting it right,PM... tho many of us here wish you were very wrong... I got your back...
     
    slappy4428, Dec 11, 2008
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  2. pseudo

    pseudo Well-Known Member

    Kudos to Jack Lessenberry and the Metro Times on the scoop, as noted on GannettBlog on Dec. 4.
     
    pseudo, Dec 11, 2008
    #50
  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Two days before a certain poster, right?
     
    Inky_Wretch, Dec 11, 2008
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  4. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    jack Lessenberry can kiss my ass... He was hired at my last Michigan stop as a part-time VP-editorial and spend his whole time at the company editorial honors lunch ripping the staff for being lazy and worthless. Afterword, the paper's GM (an non-editorial guy 15 years older than Lessenbery) had him backed up against the wall of a parking garage, forearm across Lessenberry's chest, telling him if he ever did it again he would kick his ass up and down Woodward Avenue.
    Wart on the ass of society...
     
    slappy4428, Dec 11, 2008
    #52
  5. pseudo

    pseudo Well-Known Member

    Right. Metro Times page took a while to load, but it finally showed up: http://metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=13494
    Actually, after checking that blog, I should redirect those laurels to retired Freep reporter Joel Thurtell:
    Future of one newspaper?
    Edit: hopefully you don't have a similar story about him, slap ...
     
    pseudo, Dec 11, 2008
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  6. Mystery_Meat

    Mystery_Meat Guest

    May be reading a bit into this, but does the Freep's use of the term "exact version of our print product" and the News' non-use of it mean something -- namely that the Freep might be printing daily but the News won't?
     
    Mystery_Meat, Dec 11, 2008
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  7. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Nope.. Know of them by their work, but that's it... Lessenberry, OTOH, is one of those guys who could tell everyone at a dily what to do, but could never work at one for very long...
     
    slappy4428, Dec 11, 2008
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  8. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Always enjoy Slappy's recounting of Lessenberry's smackdown.

    He's one of those ivory-tower punks who's working at a rather inane state school (Wayne, IIRC) just trying to get his name out there to satisfy his ego.
     
    wicked, Dec 12, 2008
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  9. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    And still writes for pubs like the Metro Times so he can feed his oversized ego...
     
    slappy4428, Dec 12, 2008
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  10. Magic In The Night

    Magic In The Night Active Member

    Ditto on Lessenberry foof. And if only Thurtell had worked that hard for scoops when he was at the freep. It sure is funny to dance on graves when you're not involved.
     
    Magic In The Night, Dec 12, 2008
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  11. pmcnamara

    pmcnamara New Member


    I didn't see those posts, but they did get it write and first.
     
    pmcnamara, Dec 12, 2008
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  12. MGoBlue

    MGoBlue Member

    Remember the days when we used to pose questions like, "What headline did you run?" or "Should you ever edit a quote?"

    How I long for the good, ole days.
     
    MGoBlue, Dec 12, 2008
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