Slog - Comments on Troubled Times http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times Originally posted yesterday. Puget Sound Business Journal has the scoop on financial woes at the Seattle Times. Blethen said the Times' print revenue losses for 2007 and 2008 will total about $33 million, and senior leadership has "amazingly" found $21 million in cost reductions, but "we still need another $6 million to ensure stability next year."... Copyright 2008 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:25:12 -0800 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:56:01 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball I'd pay Frank to shoot pit bulls. I know he likes shooting dogs, and it's a new source of revenue.

Frank, you know where to reach me.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883611 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883611 Media Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:20:00 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty I'll bet they could make a up the difference in no time if they started running ads from escort services and massage parlors.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883667 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883667 Media Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:14:02 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Print revenue is down. So are sales of VCRs. Online revenue (while still a small portion of the business) is growing rapidly.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883707 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883707 Media Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:01:25 -0800 Comment by Fred All newspapers are going down in revenue. this isn't an exclusive to The Seattle Times. At least they are being proactive.

]]> Fred http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883772 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883772 Media Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:50:34 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit @2,
Oh my God, that's so funny.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883816 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c883816 Media Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:23:32 -0800 Comment by Stavros Nachos It's not really a scoop. Employees knew about this earlier. And it's not just dailies. The Stranger box outside my building has lots of copies spilling out of the box and onto the sidewalk because there are no takers.

]]> Stavros Nachos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884027 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884027 Media Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:54:13 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle This is what you get when you post a neoconservative rag in a liberal town.

The market ain't interested.

Capitalism owes no one a free ride, least of all the Blethens or their comrade GWB.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884127 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884127 Media Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:35:23 -0800 Comment by Greg What, are you waiting for more comments? This story was boring yesterday, and it's boring today.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884131 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884131 Media Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:38:18 -0800 Comment by sniggles I'm glad you bumped this up so that I could read it twice. It's like they need 12 million now.

]]> sniggles http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884141 Media Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:44:39 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty @8, naw, he's just got to take the obligatory daily shot at the Times, and this was the best he could manage today.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884148 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884148 Media Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:51:45 -0800 Comment by max solomon i dropped the Times for the PI a year ago, and i'm about to drop the PI because it sucks just as bad.

i'd miss the mayhem reporting, though.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884156 Media Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:59:19 -0800 Comment by Lucky Horseshoe Reposted because...? Oh, I get it now: Josh figures, "Hey they'll be so desperate to get someone in there who will work for $30K a year that they'll actually consider hiring me! Big time, here I come!"

]]> Lucky Horseshoe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884183 Media Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:13:55 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle See, Josh actually buys this myth that America still has a middle class, that's his prob, @12.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884238 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884238 Media Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:52:14 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV It's easier to read the comics page and the classified ads in a real newspaper.

It's nicer to not have to take the online version down to the recycling bin, though.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/troubled_times#c884320 Media Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:56:01 -0800