Comments on: Don’t Stop the Presses: AJC move to Dunwoody is Desperate, but no Death Knell http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/08/dont-stop-the-presses-ajc-move-to-dunwoody-is-desperate-but-no-death-knell/ Maria Saporta is a longtime Atlanta business, civic and urban affairs journalist with a deep knowledge of our city, our region and state. Tue, 22 May 2012 03:38:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/08/dont-stop-the-presses-ajc-move-to-dunwoody-is-desperate-but-no-death-knell/comment-page-1/#comment-2627 Mark Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:38:11 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=1549#comment-2627 Like you, Lyle, I watch with eagerness to see what is to come from newspaper decline. I fervently hope the future is not in what passes for television news. I use RSS to keep up with a wide range of sources including newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Many fine blogs exist out there with thoughtful commentary. I have today added this one to my list of feeds now that I've found you. However, most blogs I read ultimately get their information from the substantial resources of print media. The problem, in part as I see it, is that many folks don't give a damn about substance. I hope that something worthwhile will come from the current mess that is gutting print news rooms. I am among those who let the AJC print version go because most of it had no meaning or significance for me, and it left me with a big pile of paper at the end of the week. I do include the web site's RSS feeds of interest in my daily reading. I know that experiments in subscription for online content have mostly failed, but for my part, some sources may be worth a subscription fee. I suspect another means of sustenance will reveal itself in time. I doubt that many of the wounds suffered by newspapers, often self-inflicted, will heal where we'll see a resurgence. I do hope that a new means of insuring a high quality, investigative, assertive, and independent news media will come soon. It is good to read you again. PS - I live in the PCID portion of Dunwoody and the jokes about "The Dunwoody Journal-Constitution" started even before the formal announcement was made. Like you, Lyle, I watch with eagerness to see what is to come from newspaper decline. I fervently hope the future is not in what passes for television news. I use RSS to keep up with a wide range of sources including newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Many fine blogs exist out there with thoughtful commentary. I have today added this one to my list of feeds now that I’ve found you. However, most blogs I read ultimately get their information from the substantial resources of print media. The problem, in part as I see it, is that many folks don’t give a damn about substance. I hope that something worthwhile will come from the current mess that is gutting print news rooms. I am among those who let the AJC print version go because most of it had no meaning or significance for me, and it left me with a big pile of paper at the end of the week. I do include the web site’s RSS feeds of interest in my daily reading. I know that experiments in subscription for online content have mostly failed, but for my part, some sources may be worth a subscription fee. I suspect another means of sustenance will reveal itself in time. I doubt that many of the wounds suffered by newspapers, often self-inflicted, will heal where we’ll see a resurgence. I do hope that a new means of insuring a high quality, investigative, assertive, and independent news media will come soon.

It is good to read you again.

PS – I live in the PCID portion of Dunwoody and the jokes about “The Dunwoody Journal-Constitution” started even before the formal announcement was made.

]]> By: Intownwriter http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/08/dont-stop-the-presses-ajc-move-to-dunwoody-is-desperate-but-no-death-knell/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 Intownwriter Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:12:34 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=1549#comment-1533 Wow, Lyle, terrific piece. I hope you're right about the future of newspapers, but in the form they were before, not today's marketing-driven creations. Wow, Lyle, terrific piece. I hope you’re right about the future of newspapers, but in the form they were before, not today’s marketing-driven creations.

]]> By: Myles Greene Smith, FAICP http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/08/dont-stop-the-presses-ajc-move-to-dunwoody-is-desperate-but-no-death-knell/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Myles Greene Smith, FAICP Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:53:52 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=1549#comment-1426 Fine article, Lyle. Thanks for expressing your views and feelings. I certainly share them. For 68 years the AJC has been important to my life. Myles Fine article, Lyle. Thanks for expressing your views and feelings. I certainly share them. For 68 years the AJC has been important to my life. Myles

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