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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/07/09

    In reply to The New York Times Buyout List (Updated)
    Please tell me we will still have Bill Cunningham to love and hug. Everyone else, meh.
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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/07/09

    @miss_msry: You kidding? Cunningham will be delivering papers on his bike as he snaps pix of Manhattan's copycat chi-chi-rati.
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    12/07/09

    In reply to The New York Times Buyout List (Updated)
    Last one out turn off the Mr Coffee...
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/07/09

    In reply to The Twitter Song Is Media Thing of The Year
    "The meta-philosophy of free — we should get rid of this philosophy," said Christoph Keese, Springer’s head of public affairs and an architect of its online strategy. "A highly industrialized world cannot survive on rumors. It needs quality journalism, and that costs money."

    This is a quote from a Bild spokesman, a newspaper that has famously low editorial standards. I don't get his appeal to the public interest here. These people have made a business of publishing irresponsible rumors that appeal to populist sentiment.

    There are German newspapers that are actually doing poorly. These are mainly the broadsheets with high standards. Bild is not having any major financial issues like the broadsheets are having. It's true that its circulation is decreasing, sure, but for a newspaper that has consistently chosen the profit motive as a guiding principle over quality journalism in the public's interest, it's obviously disingenuous of them to justify their price increase as a way to provide better journalism.

    The motivation is so clear here: squeeze as much money out of their readers before the great unwashed migrate away from Bild to equally poor-quality blogs.
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    Image of freakshowtime freakshowtime
    12/07/09

    @i'm a bottle: I worked for a short period at Axel Springer. From what I saw, that company has a way of putting douchebags in charge and repressing people who actually have good ideas — even at the online division! But isn't this what the print media business does nowadays, anyway?
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    12/07/09

    @freakshowtime: The douchebaggery doesn't surprise me at all.

    Also, those douches aren't doing their job. Most of the Bild properties haven't changed their format in years and their online presence is especially a mess.

    They can't expect to just keep doing what they've been doing since the eighties yet hope to preserve or increase their circulation numbers. The major problem I see is that the Bild concept is graphics heavy but commentary light -- a format that's easily supplanted by anybody with an Internet connection and a Wordpress account.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    12/04/09

    In reply to When Local Reporter Pops the Trunk, Hit the Deck
    Will Dallas Morning New reporters now be told not to advertorialize in their stories?
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Giant Penis On Building Apparently Part of German Newspaper Dispute
    Why can't we have buildings like this?
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    12/04/09

    In reply to Giant Penis On Building Apparently Part of German Newspaper Dispute
    Between the 2nd and 3rd floors looks like a panel from Kreepie Kats!!!
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Giant Penis On Building Apparently Part of German Newspaper Dispute
    Talk about a staff project . . .
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    12/04/09

    In reply to Giant Penis On Building Apparently Part of German Newspaper Dispute
    another option is to commission a second sculpture of Phol performing the world's longest act of fellatio.

    It would at least cover the offending member, wouldn't it?
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    12/04/09

    In reply to When Local Reporter Pops the Trunk, Hit the Deck
    EXCELLENT BEATNUTS REFERENCE.
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    12/04/09

    @The Real JR: Thank you. You're listening to the world famous.
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    12/04/09

    In reply to Page Six Hires Stephanie Smith
    Just in time for the discrimination suit....
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    12/03/09

    In reply to Eric Schmidt's Kinky Fantasy
    This the Eric Schmidt Before photo.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to National Geographic Adventure Folds
    This is the first magazine death that upset me.
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    12/03/09

    In reply to Eric Schmidt's Kinky Fantasy
    This dude's logic is as messed up as his zip sweater/necktie/shirt and jacket combo.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/03/09

    In reply to National Geographic Adventure Folds
    The wife and I were subscribing to NatGeo Adventure up until a couple of months ago. Sorry for any part, I may have played in its demise.

    PS) We still get the main mag and the Kids, so don't blame me if other units are having problems.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/03/09

    In reply to National Geographic Adventure Folds
    Shiite, I subscribed just YESTERDAY to NatGeo Adventure as a Christmas present for my nephew. Now I have to get online and find something else just as cheap.

    Are the powers at Belo out of their minds?
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