Part of the slow fade
The late morning newsstand edition of the O has bitten the dust.
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Comments (12)
Ok I'll ask it first.
If they stopped putting out a paper altogether How many people would really notice?
Posted by Lc Scott | March 7, 2008 2:50 AM
Ron Tonkin and Macy's...not me.
Posted by Kiss | March 7, 2008 6:52 AM
If a tree falls in the forest....
Posted by David E Gilmore | March 7, 2008 7:53 AM
The wife would notice, she likes the Sunday paper for her one stop shopping on sales/coupons.
Posted by Darrin | March 7, 2008 8:03 AM
The wife would notice, she likes the Sunday paper for her one stop shopping on sales/coupons.
Sadly, that's about the only reason for buying the paper. Well, unless you have bird-cages....
Posted by max | March 7, 2008 10:40 AM
So many at the O seem willfully blind to glaringly important Oregon issues. The attitude seems to be that the news men and women have come to Oregon to have 1.74 children and live out the American Dream. To do that comfortably, one can't step on the wrong toes, even if they are attached to feet wading in very corrupt waters. The attitude expressed by Media Insiders irks me, though. Those folks are as caught up in the "happy ever aft whore" game as any.
Posted by Cynthia | March 7, 2008 11:50 AM
Sadly, that's about the only reason for buying the paper. Well, unless you have bird-cages....
Dogowners like me also appreciate the plastic bags they are deliverd in. During rainy season, the delivery person double bags it, so we get a two-for-one deal.
Posted by John Rettig | March 7, 2008 12:24 PM
The TV magazine insert in the Oregonian used to include the best jokes of the week from the late night shows. I always got a kick out of seeing one of mine there. But even though the strike is over that part hasn't returned. Yes, it's fun having them on TV - I had a joke on the Larry King show recently and that was great - but there's nothing like seeing them in print. Frankly, losing this afternoon edition makes me sad as it represents the decline of a good part of life. Sort of like what happened to passenger trains or the Mom and Pop grocery stores.
Newspapers are fading and it's awful, but what can you do?
Posted by Bill McDonald | March 7, 2008 12:33 PM
Newspapers are fading and it's awful, but what can you do?
Buy one.
Posted by Allan L. | March 7, 2008 2:52 PM
I grew up overseas receiving old newspapers in three or four day clumps: The International Herald Tribune and the Rome Daily American. I still consider being able to buy one everyday a treat - I don't get the glee people are taking in their demise. If newspapers go, I'm really going to miss them.
Posted by Bill McDonald | March 7, 2008 11:48 PM
sumbuddy wrote:
If they stopped putting out a paper altogether How many people would really notice?
Ans: Every damn TV news director in Portland.
Posted by smike | March 10, 2008 1:50 AM
Bill, I'm with you -- since newspapers went gone, I miss them. About 20 years now, or more.
These wastes of newsprint issued nowadays are less than nothing to read. What they print is all lies, (oh, say 'WMD,' say 'terrorized,' say LIARS), and what they know that they don't print is then lies of omission. Less than nothing, their effect is net negative.
I think it just has to be flattened and all of the persons out of work, before it can then be rebuilt. So my 'glee' is in seeing step one started.
I love newspapers. That's why I hate today's no-news propaganda catapults so much.
Posted by Tenskwatawa | March 10, 2008 9:56 PM