http://brfootnote.theclawmagazine.com/2009/05/10/the-inevitable-demise-of-the-newspaper-pt-ii/ Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://brfootnote.theclawmagazine.com/2009/05/10/the-inevitable-demise-of-the-newspaper-pt-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Willy Shakespeare Thu, 14 May 2009 15:03:43 +0000 http://brfootnote.theclawmagazine.com/?p=245#comment-32 First order of business, let's fire all the columnists. Old media is hemorrhaging money on commentators, which is the one thing the blogosphere does provide in abundance. If it stuck with pure news, profitability might not seem so lofty a goal. There is no social imperative to provide paid positions to bloviating windbags. First order of business, let’s fire all the columnists. Old media is hemorrhaging money on commentators, which is the one thing the blogosphere does provide in abundance. If it stuck with pure news, profitability might not seem so lofty a goal. There is no social imperative to provide paid positions to bloviating windbags.

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