Slog - Comments on Not Fit to Print? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print Jon Fine, who writes a media column and media blog for BusinessWeek, posed this question on his blog yesterday: "Newspaper Triage: Which American Paper Will Be The First To Kill Its Print Edition?" Fine goes with the S.F. Chronicle, but lays out a few other scenarios for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Raleigh's News & Observer. He also calls for readers' predictions. A few pick the PI. Seattle P-I will be the first to ditch the dead-tree edition. Posted by: Tony at July 13, 2007 11:43 AM and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. This one spans both Camp 2 and Camp 3. Major... Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:27:16 -0800 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:31:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by dw The rumor during the Times JOA lawsuit was that Hearst was going to turn the P-I into an all-online paper.

I don't think the P-I will do it any time soon, because there's one little provision in the JOA deal that makes all this interesting -- the P-I can now switch to a tabloid format at any time. What you'd end up with is more of a daily newsmagazine with sudoku and Dilbert suitable for the mass transit system we don't fully have, then doing the bulk of the hard news heavy lifting online.

Keep in mind, though, that for all the P-I's movement into blogs and online features, they're still trailing the Times, even online. Switching to online-only won't be a genius marketing move as much as it will be about self-preservation.

]]> dw http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763325 Media Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:26:39 -0800 Comment by Gitai I wouldn't be surprised. I haven't read a paper newspaper for the last five years.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763329 Media Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:41:17 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder OK, now is *this* the Jon Fine that was once in Bitch Magent, Don Caballero, and Coptic Light?

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763333 Media Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:50:41 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit Yes.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763354 Media Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:43:57 -0800 Comment by Gabriel Frankly I really don't care what the Times or the PI does. Just as long as the crosswords are consistent. None of that archived bullcrap.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763374 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763374 Media Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:35:10 -0800 Comment by groot If a former rocker it is, they should call it BusinessWeak. Good scoop Feit. And since most of your posts may as well be written in pig latin, we've formed a rap sextet called ANGER STRAIN, currently in post-production of a reworking on Newsies.

]]> groot http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763402 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763402 Media Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:47:24 -0800 Comment by SeattleBrad I'd also guess the P-I because of their online Reader app. It's a software download that lets you read the paper on your screen in a format very similar to the printed version, with similar column widths.

]]> SeattleBrad http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763434 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763434 Media Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:24:37 -0800 Comment by 24 hour martinizing #3
don't forget Vineland (ugh).

]]> 24 hour martinizing http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763442 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763442 Media Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:54:08 -0800 Comment by Grandpa says they were gay The Vineland band, begun in 1881 as an outlet for musically talented employees of a shoe factory, matured in the 1890’s into a semi-professional group that was booked for concerts in towns and cities throughout South Jersey, until it was disbanded in 1936. On summer weekends, along the banks of the Delaware, outdoor band concerts entertained music lovers during the closing decades of the 19th century.

]]> Grandpa says they were gay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763457 Media Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:34:36 -0800 Comment by dantc I'm calling it for the Chicago Sun-Times within 18 months. Their recent management change and proclamation of leaning to the left in editorial slant, coupled with eliminating home delivery service in many suburbs seems to indicate that they're in deep shit.

]]> dantc http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763753 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/not_fit_to_print#c763753 Media Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:31:00 -0800