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Louisiana Tech University
Flagship of the University of Louisiana System
Even major papers like the Dallas Morning News and Ft. Worth Star Telegram are shell of their former selves.
.The Town Talk and two other Gannett newspapers in the region will cut publication schedules to three days a week, according to sources connected with the announcement. In addition to The Town Talk, Gannett's newspapers in Opelousas and Hattiesburg were also affected.
The Town Talk wasn't worth reading when I lived there 34 years ago.
Can't see as I'd miss anything if all the Gannett newspapers went to 0 days per week. Used to read the obits, but now all the funeral homes post them on their own sites.
Amen. As for sports....they very seldom had anything about TECH. Mostly Northwestern, LSU and the Saints. Nothing that interested me!Originally Posted by DONW
People still read newspapers? Why?
Habit mostly. I've about broken it.
I finally broke it. The Chronicle was charging about $40/month and I mean about. They would charge whatever suited them. I don't even read their free on line edition.
I get it. I dropped the Times 4 or 5 years ago after a long period of aggravation with their politics & lack of Tech coverage. I just like reading a newspaper. Now if the Advocate ever comes to the north end of the state I might subscribe to them. But given the unchanging nature of Gannett I don't see ever going back.
Monroe and Shreveport dropped Teddy Allen's column last week. "Belt-tightening", they told Teddy.
That just about did it for me picking up the dead-tree edition.
Louisiana Tech University
Flagship of the University of Louisiana System
Woah. That's unfortunate. Teddy's column has been a staple for a long time. I always liked reading it.
They're like something out of an Ayn Rand book. Deliver less of what people want to read & more of what they think people ought to read. And then wonder why business is bad so they cut even more. After all aren't they entitled to succeed simply because they exist.
The liberal battle cry.
You can include the "snow flakes" in that group!
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