Comments on: Will Sam Zell be increasing the cost of newspaper home delivery? http://blogging.la/2009/01/26/will-sam-zell-be-increasing-the-cost-of-newspaper-home-delivery/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bikinginla http://blogging.la/2009/01/26/will-sam-zell-be-increasing-the-cost-of-newspaper-home-delivery/comment-page-1/#comment-32576 bikinginla Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:31:16 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=19811#comment-32576 Let's see. The Times keeps cutting back on reporters, and can't seem to keep an editor and/or publisher for a few months. The paper is getting smaller all the time, the stories shorter. And more and more typos and other errors that would have been caught by the editors they've let go keep creeping into the paper. And they want us to pay more? Why doesn't Zell just file Chapter 7 and close the damn thing down, rather than killing the paper piece by piece and driving away what readers they have left? At least then, someone who actually gives a damn about this town and its flagship paper could come in and pick up what's left of the pieces. Let’s see. The Times keeps cutting back on reporters, and can’t seem to keep an editor and/or publisher for a few months. The paper is getting smaller all the time, the stories shorter. And more and more typos and other errors that would have been caught by the editors they’ve let go keep creeping into the paper.

And they want us to pay more?

Why doesn’t Zell just file Chapter 7 and close the damn thing down, rather than killing the paper piece by piece and driving away what readers they have left? At least then, someone who actually gives a damn about this town and its flagship paper could come in and pick up what’s left of the pieces.

]]> By: elserracho http://blogging.la/2009/01/26/will-sam-zell-be-increasing-the-cost-of-newspaper-home-delivery/comment-page-1/#comment-32575 elserracho Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:02:50 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=19811#comment-32575 i'm there regardless of any cost increase. the only thing that's prevented my from canceling my subscription is the act of actually picking up the phone and canceling. i’m there regardless of any cost increase. the only thing that’s prevented my from canceling my subscription is the act of actually picking up the phone and canceling.

]]> By: Andy Sternberg http://blogging.la/2009/01/26/will-sam-zell-be-increasing-the-cost-of-newspaper-home-delivery/comment-page-1/#comment-32574 Andy Sternberg Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:42:35 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=19811#comment-32574 I'm looking for something more drastic, original, and ridiculous from Zell. The Times -- like all newspapers -- need to keep up their subscription numbers, which continue to dwindle in spite of efforts to all but give the paper away. SO, why not LOWER the price... but allow advertisers to pay for stand-up ... pop-up physical advertisements that are dropped and automatically inflated next to the paper. Happy Sunday morning... 1/2 off at Seventh Veil before 6 p.m. Come to think of it, I might want to look into patenting this while I still can. I’m looking for something more drastic, original, and ridiculous from Zell. The Times — like all newspapers — need to keep up their subscription numbers, which continue to dwindle in spite of efforts to all but give the paper away.

SO, why not LOWER the price… but allow advertisers to pay for stand-up … pop-up physical advertisements that are dropped and automatically inflated next to the paper.

Happy Sunday morning… 1/2 off at Seventh Veil before 6 p.m.

Come to think of it, I might want to look into patenting this while I still can.

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