All the News That's Fit to Print
Some fodder for the post I'm eventually going to write about whether we're better off with or without the print media - a little seetype from Garth ' No Greater Fool' Turner,
"A year ago, as I related in my recent book, the real estate editor of a major newspaper who gave “Greater Fool” a full-page review (critical, but interesting) told me months later that was the kiss of death. After advertisers complained, he ended up on the overnight layout desk. The new real estate editor writes about funky paint colours and throw cushions.
But the sponsors left anyway. They smelled the smoke."
Labels: housing market, media failure
2 Comments:
Beware the motives of people who are merchandising survivalist paraphenalia.
By Stephen Gordon, at 7:03 PM
The motive doesn't really matter, the question is whether it's a true story or not, hence my introduction of the anecdote as being the written equivalent of hearsay.
By Declan, at 9:40 PM
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