Newspaper Publishers are Idiots
13th March 2009
Dvorak vents.
Over time syndicated stories began to dominate the newspapers in major cities all over the country. This got so bad that you’d find a local story, for example, in a San Francisco paper covered by The New York Times. It was just cheaper to do that, so they did.
Try to find any useful local news in the Dallas Morning Snooze. Go ahead, try.
Early newspapers consisted of local stories, summaries of events, and listings of items such as ship departures and other notices. There were no recipes, feature stories about dogs, or full-page advertisements for movies.
Ah, those were the days.