 News-Dispatch cutting print edition?, No Tuesday paper soon? |
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 Jun 17 2014, 06:31 PM
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I was having lunch at a local watering hole this week when I overheard a conversation between someone who appears to be an account executive with a local newspaper and an employee of the establishment. The account executive was explaining subscribers would soon have PDF access to the newspaper via its website. She also mentioned the paper would no longer publish on Tuesdays beginning sometime in July.
Has anyone heard anything about this? I think the paper has gotten a little better with recent management changes, but I understand it's a sign of the times as well. |
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Jun 18 2014, 12:21 PM
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QUOTE(BeldenStNewbie @ Jun 17 2014, 07:31 PM)  I was having lunch at a local watering hole this week when I overheard a conversation between someone who appears to be an account executive with a local newspaper and an employee of the establishment. The account executive was explaining subscribers would soon have PDF access to the newspaper via its website. She also mentioned the paper would no longer publish on Tuesdays beginning sometime in July. Has anyone heard anything about this? I think the paper has gotten a little better with recent management changes, but I understand it's a sign of the times as well. |
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Jun 18 2014, 12:58 PM
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I've been waiting for them to cut costs by going to a county-wide newspaper.
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Jun 21 2014, 05:27 PM
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 Everything is being AUTOMATED these days....journalists, reporters, writers, editors, photographers, you name it. QUOTE Mr. Hammond cited a media maven’s prediction that a computer program might win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 20 years — and he begged to differ. “In five years,” he says, “a computer program will win a Pulitzer Prize — and I’ll be damned if it’s not our technology.” http://nyti.ms/Sp1x2Z _ |
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Jun 21 2014, 09:13 PM
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QUOTE(diggler @ Jun 21 2014, 05:27 PM) Everything is being AUTOMATED these days....journalists, reporters, writers, editors, photographers, you name it. http://nyti.ms/Sp1x2Z _ Nice rack. lol |
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Jun 22 2014, 01:04 PM
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Getting Comfortable Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 14-August 12 Member No.: 1,193 |
At this point, The Beacher is a more credible newspaper. #BringBackTheWave - #BringBackTheTownCrier
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Jun 22 2014, 01:14 PM
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QUOTE(Oscar Gurtgorter @ Jun 22 2014, 02:04 PM) At this point, The Beacher is a more credible newspaper. #BringBackTheWave - #BringBackTheTownCrier The Beacher going too ??  |
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Jun 22 2014, 01:40 PM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Admin Posts: 16,425 Joined: 8-December 06 From: Michigan City, IN Member No.: 2 |
With all of the corruption and incompetence in LaPorte County, it is a damned shame that there is zero investigative reporting done. The ND reports the news, but doesn't dig into it. The radio stations just parrot what they are told. Facebook does a better job of investigative reporting than anything else.
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Jun 30 2014, 01:25 PM
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N-D's website server is down.
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Jun 30 2014, 01:37 PM
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They confirmed that beginning July 1 there will be no Tuesday paper and that they are improving their website. With their short staff I think they are doing as well as possible. They are all good people and hard workers.
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Jul 1 2014, 08:42 AM
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Why choose to have no paper on Tuesday? I would think the best option would be no Sunday paper.
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Jul 1 2014, 08:52 AM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Admin Posts: 16,425 Joined: 8-December 06 From: Michigan City, IN Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE(Jesse B @ Jul 1 2014, 09:42 AM) Why choose to have no paper on Tuesday? I would think the best option would be no Sunday paper. WAY more advertising on Sunday, plus a higher price tag. |
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Jul 1 2014, 01:02 PM
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QUOTE(Southsider2k12 @ Jul 1 2014, 09:52 AM)  --><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jesse B @ Jul 1 2014, 09:42 AM) </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Why choose to have no paper on Tuesday? I would think the best option would be no Sunday paper. WAY more advertising on Sunday, plus a higher price tag. Most everything is pulled off the wire and not much relevent news in a Sunday paper either. Oh well, I guess this is the start of the end of the N-D. Did they put it in the paper that this was starting today? I know they didn't tell me this when this asked for my subscription renewal. |
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Jul 1 2014, 02:49 PM
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The new website counts how many articles I view. It limits the number of articles viewed to 8 each 30 days - will have to try to find that cookie counter on my computer and delete it! New articles only limit viewing to first few paragraphs.
I certainly understand ND wants to monetize its website. It's getting harder for me to follow what is going on in my hometown. The South Bend Tribune and NWI Times often have better stories about MC than the ND and the stories often appear in print a day or two before the ND. Maybe SS2K wants to provide complete news coverage of my hometown. SS2K's staff of one is almost the size of the ND reporting staff. |
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Jul 1 2014, 04:49 PM
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 All news these days are going online, going mobile, and going in pinterest pictorial format. Nobody these days has the attention span to actually READ newsprint in bygone text format anymore. |
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Jul 2 2014, 12:00 PM
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QUOTE(outsider @ Jul 1 2014, 03:49 PM) The new website counts how many articles I view. It limits the number of articles viewed to 8 each 30 days - will have to try to find that cookie counter on my computer and delete it! New articles only limit viewing to first few paragraphs. I certainly understand ND wants to monetize its website. It's getting harder for me to follow what is going on in my hometown. The South Bend Tribune and NWI Times often have better stories about MC than the ND and the stories often appear in print a day or two before the ND. Maybe SS2K wants to provide complete news coverage of my hometown. SS2K's staff of one is almost the size of the ND reporting staff. Here's how I got around it in IE explorer 1. Top of browser click Tools 2. Click Internet Options 3. Click Privacy Tab 4. Click Sites 5. enter http://thenewsdispatch.com then click Block 6. enter http://michigancityin.com then click Block 7. enter http://heraldargus.com then click Block 8. Click OK 9. Click Cancel Enjoy |
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Jul 2 2014, 04:01 PM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Admin Posts: 5,171 Joined: 11-December 06 From: Indiana Member No.: 10 |
QUOTE(outsider @ Jul 1 2014, 03:49 PM) The new website counts how many articles I view. It limits the number of articles viewed to 8 each 30 days - will have to try to find that cookie counter on my computer and delete it! New articles only limit viewing to first few paragraphs. I certainly understand ND wants to monetize its website. It's getting harder for me to follow what is going on in my hometown. The South Bend Tribune and NWI Times often have better stories about MC than the ND and the stories often appear in print a day or two before the ND. Maybe SS2K wants to provide complete news coverage of my hometown. SS2K's staff of one is almost the size of the ND reporting staff. Hey now... There is actually 5 of us!  Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind~Dr. Suess
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