Comments on: E.W. Scripps may spin off newspapers http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/ew-scripps-explores-options-for-newspapers/ Where TV Finds the Future Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Walter Zweifler, ASA http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/ew-scripps-explores-options-for-newspapers/#comment-138521 Walter Zweifler, ASA Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:18:25 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/ew-scripps-explores-options-for-newspapers/#comment-138521 Employee ownersihp is the best way for a small local newspaper to survive. Our experience shows that local ownership is less expensive and more effective when the employees have a cut of the action. Local media lives! Where else will you find local sports, obituaries, social, civic and business news. We want to talk to anyone who agrees with us. Employee ownersihp is the best way for a small local newspaper to survive. Our experience shows that local ownership is less expensive and more effective when the employees have a cut of the action. Local media lives! Where else will you find local sports, obituaries, social, civic and business news. We want to talk to anyone who agrees with us.

]]> By: Anony Mouse http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/ew-scripps-explores-options-for-newspapers/#comment-124446 Anony Mouse Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:33:53 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/ew-scripps-explores-options-for-newspapers/#comment-124446 Newspapers are about as "yesterday's news" as, well, the stories that are printed in them. They got a leg up on the internet thanks to their verticals, but that advantage is evaporating fast. Newspapers are about as “yesterday’s news” as, well, the stories that are printed in them. They got a leg up on the internet thanks to their verticals, but that advantage is evaporating fast.

]]> By: Michael Rosenblum http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/ew-scripps-explores-options-for-newspapers/#comment-124440 Michael Rosenblum Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:24:36 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/ew-scripps-explores-options-for-newspapers/#comment-124440 It is interesting the The New York Times, which has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity, just sold off its TV stations. The Times also once owned cable franchises that it sold, and once it invented the fax machine, which it also failed to exploit. They did, however, spend a billion dollars to buy the Boston Globe. Go figure. It is interesting the The New York Times, which has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity, just sold off its TV stations. The Times also once owned cable franchises that it sold, and once it invented the fax machine, which it also failed to exploit. They did, however, spend a billion dollars to buy the Boston Globe. Go figure.

]]> By: thephoenixchannel http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/ew-scripps-explores-options-for-newspapers/#comment-124261 thephoenixchannel Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:40:55 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/ew-scripps-explores-options-for-newspapers/#comment-124261 if timing is everything they got nothing. not long ago mega-rich guys were buying these as a novelty. can't remember who said it best but it went something like: if folks with a lifetime of experience in the field can make a go of it then what makes a guy with a pocket full of coins think he can? not one has figured out how to remove "papers" from newspapers yet. if timing is everything they got nothing.

not long ago mega-rich guys were buying these as a novelty.

can’t remember who said it best but it went something like: if folks with a lifetime of experience in the field can make a go of it then what makes a guy with a pocket full of coins think he can?

not one has figured out how to remove “papers” from newspapers yet.

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