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Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

NineInchNachos — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:54:08 -0700

http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/online/2008/07/08/at_least_we_don_t_have_zap_the_monkey http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/online/2008/07/11/this_is_enough_to_get_you_whistling_as_y More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

NineInchNachos — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:11:50 -0700

not all newspapers are fucked! http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain? More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

droid116 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:03:33 -0700

Very nice. From Mastadon to elephant shrew. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

NineInchNachos — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:45:56 -0700

extreme variations on the same model the joy of bio-diversity. Makes me want to stowaway on The Beagle More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

NineInchNachos — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:40:43 -0700

negatory. loosely based on the famous elephant shrew definite elephant theme this one. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

droid116 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:36:24 -0700

RR, are those naked mole rats by any chance? More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

Jake — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:39:43 -0700

I agree with Fredo on the prices. To run a 1 day print ad for an open house it cost $80 and one couple showed up! More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

droid116 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:25:54 -0700

I am a TNT fan and I hope it thrives and adjusts in the face of a new means of information publishing and consumption. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

morgan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:21:18 -0700

Bits will never completely replace ink... at least not in this century. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

morgan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:19:10 -0700

escaping slave? what? More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

NineInchNachos — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:39:35 -0700

I would like to see more underground alternative papers emerge from the flaming ruin.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Realist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masses More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

fredo — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:21:29 -0700

I've heard that print is dead. But I love to read newspapers and I don't mean on a Kindle. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

escaping slave — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:34:12 -0700

Maybe if the TNT actually put true objective news out there they'd get more sales. My solution: quit encouraging them to print their bullshit by not buying it. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

morgan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:13:13 -0700

I agree, it is all about the niche. With more emphasis on raising the level of writing, people may pay more for the product - especially if it helps reduce the crazy amount of Sunday ad inserts! More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

NineInchNachos — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:08:55 -0700

it all about niche markets... little papers like THE STRANGER, WEEKLY VOLCANO and CITY ARTS are doing very well. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

seejane — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:42:24 -0700

I got a sticker at a trade show that reads "print is dead" More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

fredo — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:50:01 -0700

The News Tribune could generate more ad revenue if they would offer reasonable advertising rates. I ran a little display ad for 2 days and the cost was almost 150.00. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

NineInchNachos — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:38:20 -0700

http://www.erikemery.com/2008/06/uh-oh.html interesting comment on Mr. Hanbergs blog: The TNT has been quietly outsourcing local advertising display and online advertising to India along with their call center. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

Erik — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:15:08 -0700

Now they announce they are going to try to join up with Olympia factions makes it look like they are missing the "go local" ethos even more. They should to salvage a Tacoma component out of the Tribune. More »

Re: Feed >> Tacomic | 6/17/08 - TNT Death Spiral

jenyum — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:13:22 -0700

lmao. I would definitely subscribe to the Tacoma Screw Tribune, and you know you would, too. More »