The Nose: Tracking Changes In Newspapers And Occupy Wall Street
Our panel covers changes in the media and Occupy Wall Street.
Are we all entitled to a few blind spots? If so, one of mine is newspapers. I keep thinking somebody is going to find ways to improve them and make them thrive, even as the evidence of my own eyes suggests the opposite.
Today on The Nose, one of our panelists is Susan Campbell from the Hartford Courant. A few weeks ago, she shuttered her blog on the newspaper's web site. And this week, her colleague Helen Ubinas announced that she's leaving.
As I look around the state, I see a couple of newspapers owned by the Journal Register Company trying new things, and the New London Day is experimenting with ways to build an online database. But the newspapers I used to know are gone, and I don't think anything like them is coming back.
Later in the show, we talk about the rise of Herman Cain and his 9-9-9 plan, the shifting attitudes toward the Occupy Wall Street movement and an online magazine's series of essays on crushes.
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crushes
I have a crush on (a) bald, older gentleman behind the bar at a place I regularly frequent (b) Colin McEnroe (c) my real-estate attorney, whom I've never met--for his voice, his mind, and careful caring way of explaining things.
E-mail from Anonymous
Don't forget the "coffee party".... and the tea party is now receiving money from the Koch bros, etc. They have been taken over....so far the occupy *insert town here* is not being taken over.
E-mail from Terence
Why are we all trying to save newspapers? For the nostalgia of a paper newspaper being read in front of a fire? I am 23; I open up my laptop on my lap, check my e-mail, peruse some blogs, and read the news. Why can't these newspapers start free news websites (or blogs) that contain ads to fund them? I don't see the point in trying to save these failing newspapers if they can't figure out how to survive. Sorry to sound harsh but I'm calling it like I see it.
E-mail from Anonymous
Notice that the NYTimes rarely covers Connecticut. Used to have a 36 page Sunday section. Now almost nothing but a calendar and food review. Sometimes arts story. Sad.
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