Do You Want To Be Like Jason?

Tom Petty · May 29, 2007

andykent said:

Tom Petty said:

andykent said:

Tom,

Point taken as far as circulation. But again, advertising revenue gains and losses many times are determined by the budget/goals set forth by the people in charge, and if they set the bar too high, or didn't consider market factors like the struggling real estate market, then of course they are going to show losses.
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if i had the balls to post about my place and its roi, you'd cry. sickenly high, sickenly, and they're still sqeezing.
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Yep. That seems to be the trend. I keep wrestling with the question of whether or not calling these people on the carpet will force them to come clean and reevaluate what they are doing in terms of job cuts or will only exacerbate the problem. :
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the current 7-11-type of owners don't care. they are not newspaper people don't care about anything other than the bottom line, even if it is decreasing. they just will create a larger percentage of roi by continuing to slash.

but, and this is a monstrous but, even the folks/owners who care about quality are seeing declining overall numbers, which is what makes me believe this is becoming a dying medium.

andykent · May 29, 2007

Tom Petty said:

andykent said:

Tom Petty said:

andykent said:

Tom,

Point taken as far as circulation. But again, advertising revenue gains and losses many times are determined by the budget/goals set forth by the people in charge, and if they set the bar too high, or didn't consider market factors like the struggling real estate market, then of course they are going to show losses.
Click to expand...

if i had the balls to post about my place and its roi, you'd cry. sickenly high, sickenly, and they're still sqeezing.
Click to expand...

Yep. That seems to be the trend. I keep wrestling with the question of whether or not calling these people on the carpet will force them to come clean and reevaluate what they are doing in terms of job cuts or will only exacerbate the problem. :
Click to expand...

the current 7-11-type of owners don't care. they are not newspaper people don't care about anything other than the bottom line, even if it is decreasing. they just will create a larger percentage of roi by continuing to slash.

but, and this is a monstrous but, even the folks/owners who care about quality are seeing declining overall numbers, which is what makes me believe this is becoming a dying medium.
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What's even sadder is how unprepared this medium was for the advent of the Internet and the need to attract an online audience. Reminds me of how network television didn't see the rise of cable -- HBO, CNN, ESPN -- before it was too late. 8)

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