\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 https://buffalonews.com/2020/01/29/buffalo-news-sold-to-lee-enterprises/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Enterprises Interesting to see whether they will change the way they cover Bills/Sabres.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 LOL Pay wall they basically all draw from a news pool 2
ProcessTruster Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 25 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: https://buffalonews.com/2020/01/29/buffalo-news-sold-to-lee-enterprises/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Enterprises Interesting to see whether they will change the way they cover Bills/Sabres. ' cost synergies, primarily from the reduction of administrative expenses". that means a bunch of people in WNY get fired 1 1
aristocrat Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 interesting. the snooze was buffet's first newspaper buy.
BillnutinHouston Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, aristocrat said: interesting. the snooze was buffet's first newspaper buy. Maybe the first time ever that he bought high and sold low. 1
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, teef said: does anyone here miss the evening paper? what's an evening paper? memory flashback to The Times Union .... In my town some guy drives around throwing some local paper on Thursday afternoons. Does that count? Edited January 29, 2020 by SlimShady'sGhost 1
First Round Bust Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 I was a paper boy delivering the evening news in the late afternoon and early on weekends...still read it daily (mostly sports) still have a 100k circulation on Sundays alone..likely going to centralize the back office-admin functions (ie layoffs) so lets see what the impact to the end users are beyond a price increase...not a good sign when Warren Buffet dumps an asset 2
teef Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said: what's an evening paper? memory flashback to The Times Union .... In my town some guy drives around throwing some local paper on Thursday afternoons. Does that count? i think that was the name of the evening paper. it was the d and c in the morning, and the thinner times union in the afternoon. i even remember those tiny, weird, square receipts they would give after payment. 4 1
Big Turk Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 56 minutes ago, ProcessTruster said: ' cost synergies, primarily from the reduction of administrative expenses". that means a bunch of people in WNY get fired Surprisingly the Buffalo News is still profitable even despite their actual readership of daily papers going from 400K to 100K now...technology and targeting business subscriptions to online content has been a huge boon to this.
Gugny Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Lee owns our local newspaper, for which I worked (ad sales) for about 9-months after being laid off. In the last 5 years, they have depleted the editorial staff to bare bones. They got rid of all copy editing positions. The paper has become unaffordable. They shut down the printing press and laid off all of those workers - which resulted in the paper being printed an hour away by another newspaper (which it doesn't even own), so delivery is a nightmare (which is why I stopped getting the paper, in addition to them raising the prices about three times/year).
Marv's Neighbor Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Wasn't Lee a slave owner?? Sorry, I live in Virginia.
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Now all the ‘Smiles At’ galleries will be from Davenport, Iowa. 2
eball Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Countdown until Vic Carucci joins The Athletic...10, 9, 8.... 1
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Buffet.. buying amazon and selling newspapers?? I guess this internet thing isn’t a fad 1
Dopey Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, teef said: does anyone here miss the evening paper? My aunt used to wrap gifts with the Sunday comics. That was her "thing". Now she just hands you the gift, unwrapped. 1
Dan Darragh Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, SlimShady'sGhost said: what's an evening paper? What's a paper? 1
Lurker Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, ProcessTruster said: ' cost synergies, primarily from the reduction of administrative expenses". that means a bunch of people in WNY get fired Accounting, finance, HR, purchasing positions, for sure. Maybe another round of buyouts for the older (ie, expensive) newsroom types...
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