RIP Citizen Newspaper

Orion · 09-16-2016, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by 8gv

Multi paragraph, deeply detailed news that was only found in newspapers is too much work for today's media consumer.

Simple statements without context or qualification rule today.

Bulls%#t!

fatlazyless · 09-16-2016, 10:06 AM

Supposedly, the golden age of newspapers in the U.S.A was 1940-2000. Believe the Boston Globe was sold in about 1995 to the NY Times for 1.1-bil, and then got resold more recently for maybe 50-million, a loss of 95%.

So, what will happen with the LaDaSun.......which does not publish on Sunday and Monday.....will the LaDaSun become a 7-day/wk newspaper.....or maybe a 6-day/wk newspaper? Believe the Laconia Daily Sun, free at the store and free on the net is now the one paper left in Laconia. www.laconiadailysun.com

8gv · 09-16-2016, 11:33 AM

Remember when the newspaper classified ads were the place to find things for sale?

Now it's Craigslist.

That's a fair amount of money out of their revenue stream.

Regarding the political slant of each publication, I believe it has existed forever but to a lesser extent.

It is now more cost effective to just parrot what other media sources are putting out. With that model, fewer real journalists are needed.

laketrout · 09-16-2016, 12:08 PM

I believe the Citizen was more recently owned by Fosters Daily Democrat out of Dover, NH. Tough times for Fosters and other papers, I enjoy Weirs times for a good read but not for news.

09-16-2016, 10:06 AM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,789 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,024 Times in 745 Posts	Supposedly, the golden age of newspapers in the U.S.A was 1940-2000. Believe the Boston Globe was sold in about 1995 to the NY Times for 1.1-bil, and then got resold more recently for maybe 50-million, a loss of 95%. So, what will happen with the LaDaSun.......which does not publish on Sunday and Monday.....will the LaDaSun become a 7-day/wk newspaper.....or maybe a 6-day/wk newspaper? Believe the Laconia Daily Sun, free at the store and free on the net is now the one paper left in Laconia. www.laconiadailysun.com __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

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09-16-2016, 11:33 AM	#3
8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,114 Thanks: 64 Thanked 749 Times in 483 Posts	Remember when the newspaper classified ads were the place to find things for sale? Now it's Craigslist. That's a fair amount of money out of their revenue stream. Regarding the political slant of each publication, I believe it has existed forever but to a lesser extent. It is now more cost effective to just parrot what other media sources are putting out. With that model, fewer real journalists are needed.

09-16-2016, 12:08 PM	#4
laketrout Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Bay/ Paugus bay Posts: 115 Thanks: 128 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts	I believe the Citizen was more recently owned by Fosters Daily Democrat out of Dover, NH. Tough times for Fosters and other papers, I enjoy Weirs times for a good read but not for news.