http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/titletown-awards-packer-pro-media-source devoted to fans of the Green Bay Packers. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:28:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/titletown-awards-packer-pro-media-source#comment-780 packeraaron Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:23:31 +0000 http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/titletown-awards-packer-pro-media-source#comment-780 DrBear - excellent points all around. I used to work at a newspaper syndicate and I can tell you, that is EXACTLY the problem with more and more papers. They are being centralized and either closed or marginalized and using almost completely syndicated content. Heck, the greater majority of newspapers in the Mid-West are written by East Coast columnists who syndicate their writing nationally. (Obviously, this is all off the point you were making, but it got me thinking) I also remember when the Post Crescent and the P-G were fierce competitors, and then Gannett bought them and homogenized all the character right out of both. DrBear - excellent points all around. I used to work at a newspaper syndicate and I can tell you, that is EXACTLY the problem with more and more papers. They are being centralized and either closed or marginalized and using almost completely syndicated content. Heck, the greater majority of newspapers in the Mid-West are written by East Coast columnists who syndicate their writing nationally. (Obviously, this is all off the point you were making, but it got me thinking) I also remember when the Post Crescent and the P-G were fierce competitors, and then Gannett bought them and homogenized all the character right out of both.

]]> http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/titletown-awards-packer-pro-media-source#comment-778 DrBear Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:45:57 +0000 http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/titletown-awards-packer-pro-media-source#comment-778 I think one of the problems - heck, most of the problems - of the P-G is in Gannett ownership, which prefers bland, profitable newspapers to those who do good reporting but spend money to do it. I also think that the P-G has slipped since it's competition, the News-Chronicle, was bought by Gannett and shut down. The N-C didn't do that much with the Packers with its limited funds and staff, but it provided some good features and did force the P-G to work a bit harder. I think one of the problems - heck, most of the problems - of the P-G is in Gannett ownership, which prefers bland, profitable newspapers to those who do good reporting but spend money to do it. I also think that the P-G has slipped since it’s competition, the News-Chronicle, was bought by Gannett and shut down. The N-C didn’t do that much with the Packers with its limited funds and staff, but it provided some good features and did force the P-G to work a bit harder.

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