TPM gets along without it.
Zing!
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Seems to be the same story for all printed news and magazines.
Iâm worried weâll lose the front pages. Ever since Trump came out from under the rock (actually well before), the News was in its own league in terms of what they put there. A corporate owner might not see the value in that.
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And can be counted on not to change its archives.
And has the essential ingredient of wise editors.
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If it were me writing for that paper then thereâd need to be a dedicated staff of at least three people to proof read my bloviations. Back when I was writing scientific journal articles about my research it was routine to farm out my stuff to my graduate students for them to edit it all. We all got authorship that way. So yeah, proof reading would be necessary I think.
OK, you can get ticked off with me for what Iâm about to write here.
But it is a subject noun, so the phrase is If it were I (as a conditional phrase)⌠another way to say it is: if I were writing for that paper.
Ok, Iâm sorry. Iâll go away now. 
There is only one way to ensure that American newspapers survive in a form that protects Democracy instead of undermining it: the non-profit Pro-Publica model.
It may seem impractical now, but in 10 years, when every newspaper is stripped down to nothing but trumpist rants, weâll kick ourselves for not doing it while we still have something left to save.
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How about âIf it was meâŚâ?
And considering my blundering with language and also missing sarcasm in print it is a wonder I survived.
Itâs all good.
I hope they retain the most nimble and talented headline writersâtheyâve kept me sane in the 45 era.
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Tronc almost gutted the LA Times. Fortunately a local rich guy bought it and return it to local control. And so far so good.
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We have a bunch of rogue Masters of The Universe running about these days, beneficiaries of circumstances colliding with unbounded, insatiable ambition. Any of these unwittingly destructive elephants could buy themselves immortality and the role of hero by barely lifting a finger to create fully isolated, airtight foundation endowments and and ownership for key newspapers at risk. There are more than enough billionaires to do a good job and leave the world a better place long after their various material toys have ceased to impress or exist.
The UKâs Guardian shows how it works. Itâs also under pressure but is not failing thanks to it not being run against a parasitic business model.
Step up, yaâll.
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Observation, only. The slow death of the daily newspaper has made us a much dumber country. Sitting with a cup of coffee in the morning, going over the various sections is one of lifeâs great delights.
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My thoughts as well. Both holistic and pure. Too many of the billionaires still believe they can take it with them. Kinda like the rich relative that loves your kids and has them in her will, but they have to wait till she dies. And she lives till ninety two. Point being, why not distribute portions of their inheritance to them annually when they are young and really need it. And yes, sheâs still alive.
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The Tribune Co. ruined The Orlando Sentinel years ago. Even before the internet started taking a real bite out of readership, there were too many highly paid corporate toads in Chicago who put profit margins before product quality, and that ethos infiltrated the top echelons of local management. Then they all wondered why they were losing subscribers.
Sad but inevitable.
This is the America we have created.
We elect âpublic oaf-icalsâ who brag about how little they read. Our information media has been ostensibly âdumbed downâ to various versions of âNews McNuggetsâ where people win prizes for saying something that requires 500 words of explanation in 200 monosyllabic words or less.
It used to be a battle of Column-inches of News and wire copy vs pages of advertisements on paper.
Now that technology has handed ânews reportersâ an endless supply of Column-inches, the battle has shifted from space on paper to space in the minds of the beholders. The technology that has given News infinite space where it is needed has also wrought millions of people who havenât got more than 200 words worth of attention to pay to any headline or byline, print or electronic. Attention spans are diminishing faster than ad revenues ever did.
That is the real peril to printed media of all sorts, and the freedom which they protect. The slow death of any newspaper is to be lamented, but the cumulative danger to the fourth estate as a whole is blissfully ignored while those with money (and fewer and fewer of them) dictate what it is we may bother to read, and what its content will be.
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Daily News got troncâd.