How your paper played and staffed Super Bowl LVII

[dixiehack]

Three times per week. I never look at it because it is a verbatim rehash of web articles. Thanks Advance.

 

[SixToe]

Three times per week. I never look at it because it is a verbatim rehash of web articles. Thanks Advance.

They're good about throwing the ship like "Life" in your driveway until you have to notify them, yet again, to quit doing it.

 

[dixiehack]

They're good about throwing the ship like "Life" in your driveway until you have to notify them, yet again, to quit doing it.

If they kill off the Birmingham News (and by extension Huntsville Times) but keep the printing presses for that darn TMP rag that always ends up in my driveway on a rainy day, I will drive downtown and accrue a number of property damage citations.

 

[Mr. X]

Three times per week.

Thanks for letting me know.

 

[SixToe]

If they kill off the Birmingham News (and by extension Huntsville Times) but keep the printing presses for that darn TMP rag that always ends up in my driveway on a rainy day, I will drive downtown and accrue a number of property damage citations.

I have considered collecting them over time and depositing them at their hub door.

Or, better, finding an attorney to challenge why this unrequested ship keeps getting thrown in our yard and they get a pash. But I don't have the money to do that. Time, yes, but not the money.

In Mobile and the Eastern Shore years ago I believe one of the main issues of runoff pollution in several significant creeks was the plastic-wrapped papers, circulars and flyers from the MPR. I'd get cited for dumping ship in the gutter but they get a pash. Harrumph.

 

[SixToe]

Apologies on the sidetrack. Please continue posting cool front page or Sports front images.

 

[MNgremlin]

What does twist and shout mean?

Could they be referring to Reid's bodily reaction/facial expression to the Gatorade bath? Only thing I could come up with...

 

[playthrough]

Wouldn't The Kansas City Star take a big hit financially if it killed the print product?

I don't know the specifics for Kansas City but what I've heard is that still, the No. 1 revenue source for most newspapers is print advertising. There would be some increase in advertising revenue if the print edition were no longer an option, some increase in subscription revenue and cost savings in printing and distribution but those would not make up for the losses in advertising and subscription revenues.

Please let me know if I'm wrong.

I realize this could all change in relatively few years.

I know you're right, I just think of times when I really want a print edition -- when the Bengals won the AFC last year, I called family in Cincinnati to get a copy of the Enquirer. It wasn't exactly packed with stories and analysis, but it had the big headline and a photo. I'm guessing many print subscribers in KC are already accustomed to a mediocre print product, as many are in other markets, but the day after a Super Bowl don't you have to just try a little harder?

 

[Mr. X]

 

[BTExpress]

Not sure how KC could try harder specifically for the Super Bowl, with its product printed in Des Moines. You're just not going to scale that four-hour travel hurdle.

 

[Mr. X]

I'm guessing many print subscribers in KC are already accustomed to a mediocre print product, as many are in other markets, but the day after a Super Bowl don't you have to just try a little harder?

Would it have been possible for the staff of The Kansas City Star to try harder or would the system have made it impossible to have something related to the final score on the front page? How many designers and copy editors does it have or all the design and editing done from a hub? Would there be drivers to deliver the papers later? How late would they get to homes?

 

[playthrough]

Would it have been possible for the staff of The Kansas City Star to try harder or would the system have made it impossible to have something related to the final score on the front page? How many designers and copy editors does it have or all the design and editing done from a hub? Would there be drivers to deliver the papers later? How late would they get to homes?

Totally fair, I know I'm largely speaking out of my rear end. This one just hit me differently.