Comments on: Seattle Post-Intelligencer for Sale

By: sidney bloch

sidney bloch — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:53:53 +0000

I have fantasied about this for years, with the Guardian in the UK as my model. I think it is run by a Board of Trustees, committed to serious journalism.
Could we look into that model and determine whether it could be imitated??
I would imagine that it would be more likely to happen if the Age and SMH were partners in the venture, sharing costs and risks.
How does one set about measuring the level of support in the two cities?

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And the New Business Models for Print - The Content Makers — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:08:38 +0000

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By: Margaret Simons

Margaret Simons — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:21:30 +0000

Dewey, I don’t want to run a newspaper. But believe me, there are people in Melbourne who are talking about what they might do with The Age should it come on the market. Only talking, so far, but they do exist. Thanks for the tip on spell check. If WordPress has a spell check, I haven’t found it yet. I will take more care.

By: dewey

dewey — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:12:14 +0000

Goodness. Margaret knows people who want to buy a broken business model. In Melbourne. But not in Sydney. Or is this merely a fantasy? Margaret wants to run a newspaper, but no one will let her. So she dreams of broken business models. And Medici figures who love Melbourne journalism. (Watch out for those Borgias, Marg!) Gee whiz. An alert Marg: your spell check is broke. Best fix that before you embark on this grand quest. By the way, I have a few other broken businesses I’d like to flog. Do they have to be in Melbourne?

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Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:25:21 +0000

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