Comments On: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger? by Christopher Frizzelle

Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

beatgrl — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:12:56 -0800

Haven't seen the Stranger print edition up in Bellingham for weeks.
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

tiktok — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:17:40 -0800

While I'm not incensed about the Stranger being printed in Yakima, it would be interesting to see a summary of the reasons (financial mostly, I'd guess) that preceded that decision. How much more expensive is it to print it locally, union vs. non-union, etc?
Posted by tiktok

Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

Cycling Marge — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:23:55 -0800

why are most of you HATERS!!! I love the print edition of the Stranger! It's my weird little ritual to read on Thursday with my one plus at a local pub to plan the weekend. For you haters that complained about outsourcing,last time I checked Yakima was still in WASHINGTON and not the P-Pines!Do you know how expensive it is to print a newspaper? have you noticed how SMALL, the STRANGER is getting because of the lack of advertising? maybe we should all kick in five bucks to keep the good times rolling! whew...okay...off my soap box.
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c to the andice — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:59:52 -0800

What'd 51 say!?

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smokin' joe — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:16:46 -0800

I just read the print edition. You shouldn't have bothered.
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

Hooray for newsprint! — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:35:32 -0800

Hatin' on the print edition makes me sad... :^(

I loves me some newsprint Stranger! The Stranger - Seattle's Only Newspaper, indeed!
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

drewl — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:00:02 -0800

@48 "I'll be looking forward to dear science in a couple of weeks."

Ha! The gauntlet has been thrown, JG. Two weeks, ya hear?

Seriously, have fun figuring this out Jonathon. I'm really looking forward to your take on this (take yer time, tho). Frequent SLOG updates about your methodology and progress would be fun to follow.
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

california — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:09:01 -0800

@36 you just totally blew my mind! do we get to count the carbon cost of making computer parts and do an overall computer:book ratio? I guess you would have to do a computer vs about two year's worth of books (or however long the average computer lasts these days). Although you do get other functions out of a computer as well... and how do you calculate one person's share of the internet? Local service farm/# of people it services... but a book lasts forever and the internet disappears when your computer does... and don't forget the electricity to run a computer... lots of impossible math but it gives you some cool shit to think about. I'll be looking forward to dear science in a couple of weeks.
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

Marit — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:45:14 -0800

I can't imagine going without my dose of Slog, so I'm sending in $10 to help cover the cost of the second press run. And I can't even find the print copy on Bainbridge Island when the passes aren't closed. This is a dangerous time for journalism in America. The presses are closing all around us. So, the publishers of the Stranger need to keep their advertisers happy. If the paper doesn't hit the streets, the advertisers won't want to pay for their ads. No paper, no money, no reporters, no Slog. If you use the resource you better find a way to keep it alive.
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

jesus fucking christ, people. — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:26:45 -0800

Hey, "OMG BE LOCAL/GREEN" people...

...please do the greenest, most immediately-local act you can do: FUCKING KILL YOURSELVES.
Posted by jesus fucking christ, people.

Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

Jonathan Golob — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:48:28 -0800

@36. I'm on the case.

Next time, write and you shall receive: dearscience@thestranger.com
Posted by Jonathan Golob

Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

Nay — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:41:10 -0800

@36 I've wondered this myself....
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

dick — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:33:30 -0800

@33 - Yakima is owned by the Times. The Stranger is printed at the Yakima paper = the Stranger is the Times bitch
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

EmilyP — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:04:18 -0800

STEVENS IS OPEN. Hallelujah.
Posted by EmilyP

Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

jenk — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:58:54 -0800

@29 - 101 is closed north of Astoria too. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/traffica…
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

as far as 'probably' goes — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:55:31 -0800

I 'probably' stack my balls in a Chinese finger trap.
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

Times Union Worker — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:55:09 -0800

The Yakima printer is owned by The Seattle Times. The Times is locally owned.
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

JJ — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:50:58 -0800

@37 = Weakly Troll.
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

attention defecit — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:46:02 -0800

@32- not only is the Yakima shop non-union, but they are probably Mexican Americans who are seriously underpaid so that the Stranger can max out profits
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

i'm a lime — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:43:44 -0800

I have a question. Perhaps I should send it to Ask Science. Is reading The Stranger (and slog) online actually any greener than reading the normally-printed-in-Yakima hard copy? I mean, it's not as if the interwebs runs on compost. All them server farms in Quincy? They use a shitload of electricity, both for running the computers and keeping them cool. How would one even figure out how to compare the carbon footprint of, say, going to the coffeeshop once a week and reading the print version, and reading it on line, as well as checking in with slog on a regular basis? Folks talk about the internet as being green, but part of me suspects that all it does is put its pollution somewhere out of sight.
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

Lucky Jake — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:43:08 -0800

You guys have made baristas all over town sick of the sentence "Where's The Stranger?"
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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

blank12357 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:42:39 -0800

It was late? I hadn't noticed. I hope you didn't stress about it. Its totally cool.
Posted by blank12357

Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

bigyaz — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:42:27 -0800

@10: Wrong. The Times owns the Yakima newspaper, which has nothing to do with the printing plant the Stranger uses.

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Re: Where (the Hell) Is the Print Edition of The Stranger?

rjh — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:40:24 -0800

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that the Yakima printer is a non-union shop, right? When you could use union printers nearby?

If so, your hypocrisy knows no bounds.

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