Where's My Newspaper?
Wayne Slater, in The Dallas Morning News Trailblazers blog, reports that George and Laura Bush have settled into their new Preston Hollow home, but so far haven't been able to get a daily newspaper delivered. Maybe the paper is being delivered, but the Bushes just can't see it for all the shoes cluttering up their lawn.
Publisher Jim Moroney provided an update to Slater's blog, saying that the DMN has been delivering the newspaper to the Bushes but can't get past the police road block. A reader helpfully suggests that if you stuff the newspaper in an old shoe, you can toss it farther. Or maybe the Bushes ought to do what everyone else is fast doing -- read the paper online.
Newspapers May Be Dead, But Not Irony
James Ragland, in The Dallas Morning News Metro blog, reports that the American Society of Newspaper Editors has cancelled its annual convention, in part due to the sorry state of the newspaper business. At the convention, the group had planned to change its name, dropping the word "paper" in acknowledgement of the growth of online news. Fittingly, the vote for that name change will now take place ... electronically.
2 comments:
Gee. I can't get reliable delivery either. And I've been a subscriber for thirty-five years. I wonder if Moroney will take a personal interest in my delivery issues as well.
Now, I know why the online presence of the DMN feels like an afterthought. Moroney is out delivering newspapers.
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