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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Media Another Hearst Property in Peril

Posted by on Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 4:47 PM

While those at the Hearst Corporation's Seattle Post-Intelligencer anxiously count down to the likely closure of their paper's print edition next month, employees at Hearst's San Francisco Chronicle are being warned they may be next:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—The owner of the San Francisco Chronicle will sell or close the daily newspaper if it can't dramatically lower expenses within the next few months.

 

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1
Christ. Why has everyone suddenly lost the ability to run a media business?
Posted by annabel on February 24, 2009 at 4:49 PM
2
Are there going to be any newspapers left at all when the dust settles? Fuck me.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 24, 2009 at 4:57 PM
3
isn't the Chronicle the only paper in SF? here's the amazing thing: the PI is better.
Posted by Jesus Fucking Christ on February 24, 2009 at 4:58 PM
4
When I was a kid, the only kids who read newspapers were the speech team people. These kids would read newspapers and U.S. News and World Report. They didn't want to be informed, they just wanted to get jobs in Government or go to good colleges and law schools. They would be on the Speech Team and do ex-tempore speeches. 80 percent of them did "I Have A Dream". 15% did Gettysburg. The other 5 percent did stuff no one remembers.

That's why newspapers are dead.
Posted by Fish Wrap on February 24, 2009 at 6:22 PM
5
Gee, @4, maybe it also explains why you're a fucking moron.
Posted by Ya Think? on February 24, 2009 at 7:43 PM
6
LOL @5
Posted by FTW on February 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM
7
@6 ftw.
Posted by Will in Seattle on February 25, 2009 at 12:55 AM
8
Newspapers cannot die.

Without them, what will we use to line our birdcages and litter boxes and use to pack our belongings when we move?
Posted by michael strangeways on February 25, 2009 at 10:24 AM

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