That's probably true for TV. I was thinking about newspapers. It was only speculation, however.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> Wasn't is always? Most major papers worked on a "for profit" basis, >> and went out of business when they didn't make money. These days here >> are so many sources competing for your attention. Remember yellow >> journalism? Sensationalism has become the norm, unfortunately. > > I remember hearing on an NPR story that it used to be that companies were > content with a small profit from their news department, but now that money > comes more from stock market performance, people will jetison companies that > don't make enough profit. I believe that there was also a time that Networks > and stations would regard their news department as a means of enhancing their > image, rather than a primary source of income. > > But, I could be completely wrong, it's been known to happen. > >> >> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> (I have some uncharitable views towards the owners and direction of >>>> today's newspapers and magazines, but I'll keep those views to myself for >>>> now :-)) >>> >>> I think that uncharitable is a good word for this, because the news is now >>> looked at as a profit center. >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
