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[Wallcrawler]

As some of you know I have posted alot in regards to media issues... I thought this one was interesting though not really surprising, but still 88% is alot...

Planned media job cuts up 88 pct in 2006

snip<WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of planned job cuts in the U.S. media sector surged 88 percent last year and that trend will likely continue as readers shift from print to online services, a study on Thursday showed.>snip

[Jnavin]

Tell me about it.

[Rogerdodger]

Revolutions happen right before our eyes and we usually miss the significance.

When was the last time you sent a telegraph message? STOP.
When was the last time you saw someone with a pager?
When I got one 25 years ago, I had people ask me if I was a doctor. LOL
Before the pager I had a 20 Lb. answering machine which cost several hundred dollars.

For years, we had 2 newspapers in Tulsa. And 3 TV stations which signed off at midnight.
We now have one newspaper, breaking cable news 24/7 and internet sources which beat the cable news.

The local paper has almost no mid week readers.
I have placed rental ads mid-week but it is a waste of money as the ONLY response I get is from the Sunday paper. (The Sunday paper has all the coupons and magazine inserts.)
The Tulsa World has had to join the internet revolution as the TulsaWorld.com.

It was around 1450 when Johannes Gutenberg began printing with his moveable type press.
So I would say that the "PRESS" has had a pretty good long run.
Someday we can tell our grandchildren about the good old days when there were paper boys.
And millions of trees had to be chopped down just to read yesterday's news.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 27 January 2007 - 03:09 AM.

[Chilidawgz]

http://www.pressdemo...date=01/27/2007

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shhh, I always get spanked for "expressing"