By Joel Thurtell
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With rumors that the Detroit Free Press is mulling a twice-weekly publication schedule in tabloid form, I want to assure readers of joelontheroad.com that no publication cutbacks are being planned here.
Au contraire, I’m mulling (isn’t that a great word? Doesn’t mean a damn thing) a 7-day publication schedule that would fill the void if Michigan’s oldest daily dumps five days of publication. The idea occurred to me following a conference with fellow Free Press buyout retiree David Crumm. David, former Free Press religion writer, is editor and proprietor of the highly successful readthespirit.com religion and faith blog. He publishes Monday-Friday.
At joelontheroad, I’m afraid, we’ve been more than a bit hit or miss.
I’m told that blogs get fewer hits on weekends than on weekdays. The Michigan Messenger (michiganmessenger.com) which syndicates some of my columns, blows off the weekend and concentrates its fire on Monday, which is the biggie for the blogosphere.
Despite the collective blogo-wisdom, I’m giving serious thought to publishing on at least one of the weekend days. And as long as I’m doing it once, why not twice?
Why not? I’ve always considered joelontheroad as my own newspaper. And if you’re going to have a newspapeer, might as well do it every day. The news doesn’t stop for weekends, right?
Now, after 30 seconds of combined thought-bloviation, I’m going to plunge in. Yes, we’ll do it.
Seven days a week.
All I have to do is sell it to my staff.
Wish me luck!
Shoot me a line at joelthurtell(at)gmail.com
