January 27, 2010
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
Newsday, the Long Island daily that the Dolans bought for $650 million, put its web site, newsday.com, behind a pay wall. The paper was one of the first non-business newspapers to take the plunge by putting up a pay wall, so in media circles it has been followed with interest...
Posted by Kate at January 27, 2010 7:05 PMThe comments at the link are amazing.
People don't forget what a newspaper has done before to cover itself in infamy.
Nobody seems to want to read what is written in their paper, Newsday couldn't read the writing on the wall.
Posted by: Oz at January 27, 2010 11:49 PMNo one is gonna pay a penny for canned Marxist trash.
When they can come to a site like this for free. To read the real news & comment on it.
To pick apart an event or idea.
Thats why its a good idea to support Blogs like this. Their not owned by paid flunkies to idealogical interests or Political parties.
Just their own prejudices.
Which have to stand up to scrutiny.
I can't decide who are the greater fools - the twits who spent the five mill to build the site or the thirty-five who subscribed.
This should serve as the media's version of the brown election, but just like the dems the msm is either ignoring its meaning or actually believes that they are right and everyone else will come to their senses.
Posted by: Gord Tulk at January 28, 2010 12:46 AMNewsday Employees Reject Contract With Pay Cuts from "Fading to Black"
"Monday, January 25, 2010"
"Following the lead of their national union president, employees at Newsday on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a contract with pay cuts and other concessions. The vote by members of Local 406 of the Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was 473 to 10 against the proposed pact."
Fight the Power. Hold out for raises!
A plane crashes in the Hudson River! Within a hour, the story is featured on about 1500 news sites! And they're gonna pay to read the repeat on the New York Times Web Site! Gimme a break!
Posted by: Joe Citizen at January 28, 2010 12:57 AMKinda pathetic. Even their 2100 employees won't spring the 5 bucks to keep their jobs. Let's hold hands.
http://www.linkedin.com/companies/newsday
Posted by: ∞² at January 28, 2010 1:09 AMummm... let me guess, they have 35 employees?
Posted by: ChrisinMB at January 28, 2010 2:09 AMSad. But doesn't the CRTC want to do the same thing in Canada? I think they wanted to charge Canadians for inter-net usage ... the more you surf the net, the more you would pay. (Don't know if it is true, yet I thought I read it some place a while ago.)
Posted by: Clown Party at January 28, 2010 3:02 AMLet's see now...$650 million divided by 35; sounds vaguely like Obama's job creation program.
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