Slog
News & ArtsFriday, January 16, 2009
Media Print Is Dead
Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Photo taken by Aaron Pickus behind the Seattle Times distribution center on Fairview and Thomas.
Update: According to pricing info from this news rack vendor, these boxes each cost between $400 and $700.
2
Where was this taken? I'd totally take one of those and find some wacky DIY project to make with one.
9
The building in the shot is owned by the Seattle Times and is full of junk / newspaper stands.
At night there's a creepy light that you can see on through the windows too.
At night there's a creepy light that you can see on through the windows too.
11
COMMENT DELETED: Off-Topic
We'd rather not moderate your comments, but off-topic, gratuitously inflammatory, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate remarks may be removed, and repeat offenders may be banned from commenting. We never censor comments based on ideology. Thanks to all who add to the conversation on Slog.
12
I may listen to more Einsturzende Neubauten than the next guy, but that looks music waiting to happen . . .
16
I'm going to guess that these have been in the Dumpster for a while -- but I may be wrong. After all, these cheapskate newspaper dudes wouldn't just trash good metal. Each of those boxes is worth like $10 on eBay -- together, they're worth more than any of the Times' other holdings.
20
The parking lot at the North Creek distribution center was entirely full of delivery trucks today. I had never seen that before.
21
hey Stranger - remember when The Tablet took one of your pissed on broken newstands and fixed it up? You then threw the biggest pussy hissyfit and demended it's return.
yeah, we don't forget.
yeah, we don't forget.
24
What the photographer fails to mention is that machines, both Seattle Times and P-I have been disposed of for many weeks now a storage facility, storing of old worn out equipment, needed to be moved vacated. The Stranger just choose to publish a photo of P-I equipment only. Typical Stranger mode of operation.
28
Anybody here got any old copies of Tablet they're willing to give away or sell? I'm looking to build a library of old Seattle alternative newspapers, and working on a book about the same, and I sure wish I never tossed my Tablets back in the day.
30
Can you do some reporting, please? Maybe an explanation as to why these boxes are in the dumpster?
31
Another request for information: if I take one, will some poor security guard try to take it away from me?
32
Dunno how much these cost, but I do know they're tough. During WTO, the Times didn't lose a single one.
@31: Yep, with any luck.
Jeez - it's bad enough you won't pay for the paper. Now you want to steal the scrap off their backs???
@31: Yep, with any luck.
Jeez - it's bad enough you won't pay for the paper. Now you want to steal the scrap off their backs???
35
@32: They cost about $400 new, including painted logos. Yeah, they are build like tanks, even if you light them on fire they pretty much remain structurally sound. That's why people use them to stop or damage police cars in riots, something I wholeheartedly encourage, but pick a corporate news box rather than an indie one please.
@21: I was the person the re-appropriated the Stranger box, how the hell does anyone besides me remember that? I looked at it as a DIY art project to restore something that was trashed. After Tablet folded all our boxes and racks got reused by other publications, which we encouraged.
@28: I have all the leftover Tablet's in my basement, I'm sure I can put a set together for you if you're not in a rush. It's about 8 boxes to go through.
Nice to hear kind words about Tablet, it was fun to do and I think contributed to and supported our local music and arts scene. We had a good 103 issue run, it wasn't something we could do forever, it was a part time gig on top of full time jobs for all of us--that's a lot of work. Sadly we are seeing the death of print serials/periodicals/newspapers, I manage a library, I see how widespread it is. While book reading is actually up, the Web is now the main source for our news. Even popular papers like The Stranger have drastically shrunk in size. I'm sure within the next three years either The Stranger or The Weekly will fold too, it's a sign of the times. And I certainly don't want to see it happen, I love alt-weeklies and will miss them a lot more than mainstream newspapers. I read an interview with Savage or Keck where they predicted The Stranger's fate over a year ago, but I think it's a publication that is already making the transition to the Web with bogs, forums and online only content. I don't think I've picked up a print copy in a year, I read it on my PC or phone.
More...
@21: I was the person the re-appropriated the Stranger box, how the hell does anyone besides me remember that? I looked at it as a DIY art project to restore something that was trashed. After Tablet folded all our boxes and racks got reused by other publications, which we encouraged.
@28: I have all the leftover Tablet's in my basement, I'm sure I can put a set together for you if you're not in a rush. It's about 8 boxes to go through.
Nice to hear kind words about Tablet, it was fun to do and I think contributed to and supported our local music and arts scene. We had a good 103 issue run, it wasn't something we could do forever, it was a part time gig on top of full time jobs for all of us--that's a lot of work. Sadly we are seeing the death of print serials/periodicals/newspapers, I manage a library, I see how widespread it is. While book reading is actually up, the Web is now the main source for our news. Even popular papers like The Stranger have drastically shrunk in size. I'm sure within the next three years either The Stranger or The Weekly will fold too, it's a sign of the times. And I certainly don't want to see it happen, I love alt-weeklies and will miss them a lot more than mainstream newspapers. I read an interview with Savage or Keck where they predicted The Stranger's fate over a year ago, but I think it's a publication that is already making the transition to the Web with bogs, forums and online only content. I don't think I've picked up a print copy in a year, I read it on my PC or phone.
36
They aren't being dumpstered, they are being resold to newspaper vendors in other towns. Unless they are in nasty shape, then recycled.
If you want one call Doug Musselman-Brown at 206.464.2720.
If you want one call Doug Musselman-Brown at 206.464.2720.
Advertisement
Most Commented on Slog
-
Hating People Doesn't Make Them Thinner by Jen Graves
-
Los Angeles Gay Bar Bans Bachelorette Parties Until Marriage Equality Is Attained by David Schmader
-
Fill in the Blank by Grant Brissey
-
This Reminds Me of the Great Calculator Scare of the Late '70s/Early '80s by David Schmader
-
Idiot Tries to Defend Bigoted Anti-Gay-Marriage Preacher on Anderson Cooper by Paul Constant
-
SL Letter of the Day: Putting It In by Dan Savage
-
Six Moms with Too Much Time on Their Hands and a Shitty Website Decide to Fight Gay Superheroes by Paul Constant
-
Why Mayor McGinn's Wife Canceled Her Family's Seattle Times Subscription by Eli Sanders
-
What the Hell Is Wrong With Seattle's Pride Parade? by Dominic Holden
-
Meet the UW "Swagga Suit" by David Schmader
RSS
Facebook
Twitter
Comments (36) RSS