Archive for the “Old Media” Category

Updated: They did cover the story. Ben put up a story at 3:00 a.m. this morning. Must have been a busy guy yesterday.

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OMG! Beer theft! Damn weasels. That’s news fit for the bottom of the litter box.

From the Journal Gazette.

An Edon, Ohio-area resident reported Wednesday that seven cases of beer in her garage were stolen the night before.

The Williams County Sheriff’s Department said the beer and a large orange cooler on wheels likely were taken between 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Wednesday.

The loss was listed at $151.

I just received a link to this from a friend.

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Things looked bad enough for the Journal Gazette’s circulation numbers, which we posted earlier this week. The News Sentinel is owned by Ogden Newspapers, which also owns 75% of Fort Wayne Newspapers (FWN) jointly with the Journal Gazette. FWN sells the advertising, handles circulation, and prints both newspapers.

The News Sentinel was at one time the leading newspaper in Fort Wayne. That’s hardly the case now.

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Update at the end of the post.

Today, we’ll take a look at the Journal Gazette’s circulation numbers. As a follow-up and to be fair, down the road a bit we’ll feature the News Sentinel’s numbers.

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Friday I received an email from a reporterette with the Journal Gazette requesting an interview. Since the Journal Gazette is famously known for taking interviews out of context, I plan on declining as soon as I post this.

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Oh, I just love this.

Award-winning journalist John Stossel is joining FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network.

Stossel, best known for his work as co-anchor of ABC News’ “20/20,” will anchor “Stossel,” a weekly program on FOX Business Network, and make regular appearances on FOX News Channel, it was announced Thursday.

Up next may be Joe Scarborough, unless he decides to run for President in 2012.

Yesterday I heard Pat White talking about how some hacker stole over a million identities and he found out one of them was a merchant he patronizes. So, what did Pat do? He called LifeLock, a company that provides Identity Theft Protection.

He goes on to explain how he was *so* impressed with their services, he cut a deal with them to save you money. If you mention his name or, when on their web site and use “Pat White” in the promo code box, you get 10% off.

He’s full of crap.

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It amazes me that this dumbass actually has a job at MSNBC. This isn’t an interview, it’s nothing short of a media junta.

It’s no wonder that mainstream media is losing it’s grasp as a source for news. Frank Gray proved that today in his column, “Twitter on edge of useless.”

People didn’t research issues. Voters relied on what came to be called sound bites – 10-, 15-second quotes tossed out by officeholders or candidates. The contents of these sparse lines were all that much of the public knew about important issues, and they were what they used to form opinions.

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