So This Is July
Posted July 10th, 2007 by Rich Heldenfels
Starting today, you'll be seeing posts around the blogosphere from the Television Critics Association summer press tour in California. But you won't find them here …
The people who have the final say on such matters have decided not to send me this year, ending a summer tour run that began in 1984. I don't agree with the decision, of course. But, as should be evident from regular reading of Romenesko, these are tough times for newspapers, and hard decisions are being made all over the place.
I still have a job, and one that I like. As much as I will miss the tour's newsgathering opportunities and the chance to see old friends, I am enjoying the idea of a July where I get to home at night.
And, even without the tour, we should have plenty of things to talk about.
July 11th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Way to sell your product, publisher/penny-pincher. Do you want to simply de-value your newspaper…or destroy it altogether? It's so hard to tell. When a major TV event is taking place, isn't it natural for your readers to expect first-hand reporting and interviews?
July 11th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
It's a sad way for newspapers to go–they've been cheapening the product since USA Today came out 25 years ago, never thinking that if newspapers became better and more in-depth, they'd still have an audience.
You have to blame the owners. They prefer salespeople to journalists when it's time to hire someone to run the paper.