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Longish article about the [imminent?] demise of the FWST.

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Staff, of course, isn’t the only thing that’s been cut. The paper is also bleeding content. Newsprint — the paper that the Star-Telegram is printed on — is always a huge expense, and in the last month the daily has cut its overall page count by 30 or 40 pages a week. Stock listings were reduced, a crossword puzzle and three comics strips were dropped, the editorial page was moved to the front section and cut by a half-page, and the features section was combined with the Friday entertainment guide "Go!"
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Corbett calls this the "value-destroying feedback loop." When newspapers cut costs, "they reduce content and they look stale," he said. "There is little fat to trim, and readers say ‘Gee, there is nothing in here I want to read.’ They lose readers and the advertisers go as well because the eyeballs aren’t there anymore. It is a terrible spiral to be in."

Another interesting quote that struck me ...

In a world where people will pay 20 cents to their local phone company for every text message they send, few seem willing to pay enough to local news companies to keep them alive.

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Nice to see the Fwweekly get some love

That's why they call them business sox

by egriffey on Apr 20, 2009 3:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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