Sale at 400 N. Broad: Kent Brockman weighs in, and other developments
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Sale at 400 N. Broad: Kent Brockman weighs in, and other developments
In case you're wondering what the sale of the Daily News, Inquirer and Philly.com to its lenders means (I know I am) here's a good analysis from media pundit Ken Doctor. I especially liked this piece of punditry:
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What about the Daily News? The feisty, soul-of-Philly paper just won a Pulitzer for investigative reporting (for Barbara Laker’s and Wendy Ruderman’s “Tainted Justice” series). The Daily News is yin to the Inquirer’s yang. Keeping it in business alongside the bigger Inquirer has long had a reader — and business — rationale. Will the new owners see that and figure out how to carry it forward into the digital age?
I hope so. Meanwhile, reader Joel Mathis is a hero in the Daily News newsroom:
So today I subscribed to the Daily News. It's a statement to the new owners -- small and unconvincing though it might be -- that the DN's journalism is important to me, and (I think) to the community. Even with new ownership in place, it's likely that rough times are still ahead for Philly newspapers, and the industry as a whole. (Don't be surprised if we start hearing about layoffs at both papers, and soon.) If my 30 dollars can keep the Daily News rolling a little bit longer, it's a price I'm happy to pay.
And, as promised, newsman Kent Brockman weighs in:
Comments (49)
What I find so fascinating about the right-wing commenters is how thoroughly disconnected they are from positive human emotions such as empathy, compassion, etc. And if they should suddenly find themselves feeling sympathetic to anyone, they immediately react by turning it into an angry rant against whatever entire group they deem responsible, thus soothing themselves back to "normal." Must be nice to see the world in such simplistic terms!
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{{snip}} What I find so fascinating about the right-wing commenters is how thoroughly disconnected they are from positive human emotions such as empathy, compassion, etc. {{snip}} Careful there, Susie - if you keep that up, TPS is going to post for you to be careful because "RG's going to whine incessantly about "guilt by association." hahaha— bird11- Here's hoping that Will Bunch is shown the door. Maybe he will have to get a real job in Obama's "socialist utopia."— Dr. Michael
- "Here's hoping that Will Bunch is shown the door." isn't a little crazy to want anybody to lose their job? I agree with Bunch about 1 out of every 100 post but I still want the man to be able to feed his family. Requiring someone to agree with a position in order to keep employment is one step from totalitarianism - personally I'm not a big fan of that.— bird11
- anyone else enjoy how journalist feel the fate of their jobs are so much more newsworthy than the other industries that are in trouble? nobody is goingt to feel bad if you cant keep your job. when cars all move to electric or hydrogen or whatever, is anyone going to shed a tear for mechanics? nope, keep up with the changing industry or youre done.— Greg S
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- Another maniacal rant from larry. He rarely adds anything of substance. What the new owners should do is add some conservative editorial voices to balance Polman's and Will's predictable, reflexive lib columns.— pj katauskas
- Susie, so you actually presume to know the emotions of all the conservative commenters here? You are thoroughly disconnected from this planet. Earth to Susie, can you hear me?— pj katauskas
- TPS is obsessed with me again.— RG
- Snip, snip {{{{{LOLLOL}}}}}}— pj katauskas
- Wow. You know, this could be a feel-good article about a South Philly lemonade stand, and somehow the comments will still degenerate into potshots based around Obama or Bush, communism, socialism, conservatism, or liberalism. Don't you guys ever get tired? I'll tell you what. If they charged two cents to comment on philly.com, the way you guys throw around instant punditry (although many comments on philly.com barely qualify as coherent), these papers would be flush with money! Also, don't be too surprised if the new ownership group decides to put up a paywall for content, although that will probably only happen if other papers follow suit. There's no good reason this or any newspaper should be free online. Sure, someone could just copy the info and put it up for free, but then at the very least it would be illegal. As it is, papers just put it up for free and wonder why their sales are falling. Just because someone once said, "Information wants to be free" doesn't make it so for every kind of information. Thankfully, in America and many other places, there's a place where information is free. It's called the library. Newspapers, on the other hand, provide a valuable service of daily (or weekly) coverage, analysis, and commentary--a service that requires actual people to do research and reporting on an everyday basis. ... Anyway, I know you guys can't wait to get back to clawing at each other's throats and your oh-so-witty and pithy commentary, so back to the scheduled program: "The Odd Couple 2.0: The Nutty Liberal and the Right-Wing Nut Job." I think this week's episode is about an Obamamaniac who goes to a Tea Party event expecting actual tea to be served. Hilarity ensues!— jester
- "I think this week's episode is about an Obamamaniac who goes to a Tea Party event expecting actual tea to be served." Jester that's not a TV show - it's Bunch's next book.— bird11
- Rendell said on the radio he hopes the new owners aren't concerned about PROFIT - and the state is running an amnesty program because they're desparate for money. Anybody see the irony here? I guess only the government can make money.— gone with the wind
- ---}}} TPS is obsessed with me again. {{{--- Not obsessed, RG, but you do have to admit, your whining is f'n hilarious.— Talking point sleuth
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