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| Author: | J Kaufman [ Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:58 pm ] |
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[url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119253507135860230.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news]Scripps Splits Cable Networks, Newspapers Into Two Companies[/url] By SHIRA OVIDE NEW YORK -- E.W. Scripps Co. plans to split into two parts, becoming the second media company in recent weeks to isolate fast-growing assets from the [-------------------] newspaper sector. Those of us who remember the long slow death of the Star-News will have no trouble coming up with this adjective. |
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| Author: | SusanV [ Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:39 pm ] |
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moribund (sorry, I don't know the first thing about the death of the Star-News) |
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| Author: | Powderhorn [ Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:20 pm ] |
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From the press release: "The proposed separation is not expected to have a material effect on the day-to-day lives of employees working at the company’s television networks, newspapers, broadcast television stations, Internet search businesses, licensing and syndication subsidiary and other related businesses." What a relief. |
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| Author: | Wabberjocky [ Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:39 pm ] |
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Thank goodness we won't have Rachael Ray dragging down our stock price any longer. |
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| Author: | onceahack [ Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:27 am ] |
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SusanV wrote: moribund
That was my first guess, too, but I cheated and peeked. Their adjective was "troubled." |
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| Author: | J Kaufman [ Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:51 am ] |
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SusanV wrote: Quote: (sorry, I don't know the first thing about the death of the Star-News)
Here. [The rival DC Post would invariably refer to it as the "financially troubled Washington Star," leading some to ask if FTWS was its nameplate.] |
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| Author: | jjmoney62 [ Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:53 pm ] |
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And then there's this story about the Scripps paper in Memphis "monetizing" content, or in other words, letting advertisers "sponsor" individual stories. Part of the "new business model" of journalism and the wave of the future, following the Web over the falls. |
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| Author: | SusanV [ Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:42 pm ] |
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J Kaufman wrote: SusanV wrote:
Quote: (sorry, I don't know the first thing about the death of the Star-News) Here. [The rival DC Post would invariably refer to it as the "financially troubled Washington Star," leading some to ask if FTWS was its nameplate.] Ohhhh, OK. I read it when it was the Star; I'd forgotten about the earlier incarnation. A bunch of Star people wound up at U.S. News. We've still got one left. |
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| Author: | paulwiggins [ Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:58 am ] |
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Thriving. |
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| Author: | egable [ Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:45 am ] |
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Quote: NEW YORK -- E.W. Scripps Co. plans to split into two parts, becoming the second media company in recent weeks to isolate fast-growing assets from the [-------------------] newspaper sector.
"Gritty." |
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