I hope you weren’t planning on a newspaper career

By Steve Outing on Mar 10, 2006 in Media

How bad are things looking for the newspaper industry? They’re so bad … that the Minneapolis Star Tribune has stopped giving employees free copies of the newspaper. Instead, they get access to a NewsStand eEdition digital replica of the print edition. … Funny, yet sad.

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  1. On Mar 14, 2006, kpaulNo Gravatar said:

    we had to pay for our papers at Gannett owned The Star Press. and it was “kinda sorta” mandatory to buy a subscription. (not to mention they kept charging me for it after they downsized me…) i’m not bitter, though. really. i’m free now. ;)

  2. On Apr 2, 2006, Colin Brayton said:

    Steve, it can be done. You just have to go somewhere without electricity, like we did this winter. It\'s scary, but it can be done. Books are a surprisingly good low-tech substitute. I\'d forgotten that. And conversation using the vocal chords is not as bad I had remembered, either.

    Came across your blog through random link jumping in search of journos smarter than me. There are horrifyingly many. :-) Adding you to blogroll.

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