Thursday, February 19, 2009

Great YES! Weekly article on the struggle among area newspapers

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What's stunning is this quote from John Robinson at the News & Record:

Nearly any action taken by Robinson and the News & Record is criticized roundly in letters and blogs. A familiar refrain, commented by Doug Johnson in response to Robinson’s November post about buyouts, is “Keep doing the same old thing. You will get the same old result!” But the editor does not blanch in the face of criticism. He even argues with commenters on his own blog. “There are three things every man thinks he can do better than anyone else,” Robinson says, straining to remember a quote by Mark Twain. “These are stoke a fire, make love to a woman and edit a newspaper.”
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I'm...not even going to attempt to comment on this one.

E.C. :)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The most interesting thing about this article is that it's written by an intern who says Spiderman inspired him to become a reporter.

Anonymous said...

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/02/virginianpilot-lay-30-more-employees-close-mix-port-folio-magazines
If the head leads the tail, as it does with Landmark...I give Go Triad about 30 more days at best...