tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post5542893328036482604..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: So-called newspapersLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-61594429812959578962009-06-13T06:56:28.083+12:002009-06-13T06:56:28.083+12:00That said, I would assume as it is a relatively fr...That said, I would assume as it is a relatively free market, and they choose to produce what they will, based on revenue. If we didn't read it (buy it) they wouldn't print it - or they would adjust accordingly. They have no civic duty to the community to print anything other than that which they choose, which sells and gives shareholder return. <br /><br />I get my news online or at the coffee shop - or occasionally on tv. TV is another example - IMO - of a medium losing relevance to me.<br /><br />Started watching Boston Legal after someone called me Denny Crane's lovechild... and thats about it for me.<br /><br />That said, less relevant TV and Print I believe provides far better opportunity for freedom of speech and the address of information asymmetry - for those who seek to learn the truth and do the deep thinking required to develop thoughts of their own.<br />Exciting times!Shane Pleasancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144367923437327037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-87919780092003204152009-06-11T11:24:14.165+12:002009-06-11T11:24:14.165+12:00Ditto for Dannevegas Evening News. 4-6 pages dail...Ditto for Dannevegas Evening News. 4-6 pages daily not much bigger than a bog roll square and 99.9% about as much use. Comes wrapped in Hawke's Bay Today - not much in there either.PM of NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02095175012980278919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-76006172360704048372009-06-10T22:14:23.749+12:002009-06-10T22:14:23.749+12:00The Wairarapa times-age.
If they put grit on it, ...The Wairarapa times-age.<br /><br />If they put grit on it, it would be of some value on the bottom of a birdcage.Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-32323579749005732342009-06-10T15:05:59.862+12:002009-06-10T15:05:59.862+12:00I've read better Kindergarten newsletters tha...I've read better Kindergarten newsletters than what the Nelson Mail offered and after 3 years with The Press we cancelled that when the renewal came up. Online is the only way for us these days.<br /><br />MedusaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-33064453992740972362009-06-10T14:32:55.223+12:002009-06-10T14:32:55.223+12:00The Wanganui Chronicle (NZ's oldest daily pape...The Wanganui Chronicle (NZ's oldest daily paper, and feeling its age!) is another of the two minute wonder category. <br /><br />As far as your question re heavily discounted advertising goes - absolutely. We get several calls a week from various papers we advertise with offering us special deals, usually in features which have nothing whatsoever to so with our business. It must be tough for the sales reps who are all commission-based, trying to flog off cheap advertising to clients who either don't want or can't afford it.Keeping Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13635959917715078192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-72952992896519591442009-06-10T08:12:21.003+12:002009-06-10T08:12:21.003+12:00The Southland Times is awful...whenever I read rea...The Southland Times is awful...whenever I read read it, it takes no more than 2 minutes to skim the whole thing and realise that I've already read it somewhere else the day (or three) before. <br /><br />Reading ads? I always read the public notices, but then I am a geek...Buggerlugsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-27342615989546068832009-06-10T07:31:15.373+12:002009-06-10T07:31:15.373+12:00Ditto Southland Times.Ditto Southland Times.Shane Pleasancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144367923437327037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-83612147797469693362009-06-10T07:22:25.525+12:002009-06-10T07:22:25.525+12:00There is a bit of a sentence missing there but you...There is a bit of a sentence missing there but you know what I mean :)brian_smallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402642885274753098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-19850819257942726182009-06-10T07:21:27.648+12:002009-06-10T07:21:27.648+12:00I stopped buying that rag years ago. Someone at w...I stopped buying that rag years ago. Someone at work always has one if I want to do the crosswords, but almost everything Apart from the odd breakign story everything I read in it I have already seen on the net days or even weeks before.brian_smallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402642885274753098noreply@blogger.com