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I Don’t Read Newspapers Anyway: Sam Zell Didn’t Count My Vote

Started by webomatica · 3 months ago

There's a bit of a stink that Sam Zell has suggested taking all the newspapers he's in charge of (via Tribune Co, the company he just bought), pulling them out of Google, and licensing the articles. Tribune Co. includes the major newspapers Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. This i ... Continue reading »

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  • Steven Hodson

    1 year ago

    don't feel too bad Jason .. they didn't ask for my vote either but like you it didn't stop me from adding my 2cents to the noise :)
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  • Dave

    1 year ago

    Alright Kaneshiro, I've seen you make this mistake before and now, as a good friend, I'm calling you on it. The sentiment is "couldn't care less" not "could care less" (the latter is what you wrote, but presumably not what you meant). For a brief refresher, here is a link to the ever useful, not-referenced-frequently-enough caring spectrum diagram:

    http://www.incompetech.com/gallimaufry/care_les...

    And now I insert the obligatory smiley so you know I'm not a complete dick.

    :-)

    Feel free to rip my grammar anytime. I know I probably spelled something wrong in this post too. ;-)

    Oh, and re: the topic in question, if a newspaperman thinks that Google owes it's mammoth revenue numbers on newspaper articles/content, that alone tells you all you need to about why these guys just don't get it. Unbelievable.

    There are really very few publications with broad appeal/mass circulation that people are willing to pay for. WSJ is one. I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them right now.
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    Thanks for helping meet my goal of being a better writer.

    In terms of media, seems like everything is moving to the "ala carte" model.
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