Tag Archives: future of newspapers

I want my Free Press!

Posted on March 30, 2009 by hro50ta1

Update 7:40 one more time. I called 313-222-6500 and learned that the Free Press circulation person I talked to on Monday had it wrong. My Free Press will not automatically be e-mailed to me. Instead, for now I can log … Continue reading →

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Outsourcing the Yak

Posted on March 25, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell When the staffers who produced the long-running and beloved Yak feature retired last year from the Detroit Free Press, the bosses decided not to let the award-winning employees’ departure get them down. Why rely on workers with … Continue reading →

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Get another job!

Posted on January 15, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Just call me me Mitch. Ever notice that trick the Bard of the Free Press uses to drive home a point? In a church hymn, it’s called a refrain. Well, I heard yesterday that Gannett, the nation’s … Continue reading →

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Hubris and newspapers

Posted on December 19, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I’m not the only crank who thinks newspapers have screwed themselves into the rut they’re now vociferously complaining about, giving a disproportionate amount of ink to their own woes rather than recording the financial grievances of others.. … Continue reading →

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Off guard and then some

Posted on December 14, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell If somebody offered me a fifth of my favorite single-malt Scotch, I’d take it. But I hope I never have to take the fifth the way ace Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter took it on December … Continue reading →

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Detroit dailies not so daily

Posted on December 13, 2008 by admin

  By Joel Thurtell For months, I’ve been reporting that the Detroit Free Press was planning to drop daily print publication and go to twice or thrice a week delivery, with the remaining four or five days of news plopped … Continue reading →

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Cheap shots

Posted on September 10, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Frequent criticism of gaffes, journalistic lapses and other oddities at the Detroit Free Press is wrong — it’s taking “cheap shots” at a newspaper in its death agony. So I was told by a former Freepster. Now … Continue reading →

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Bad dream?

Posted on July 19, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell   [donation]   Maybe jet lag  accounts for my awful dream.   It seemed as if I’d stepped into a Hollywood movie set for a film called “The Future of Newspapers.”   Except this scenario was scripted … Continue reading →

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Paperless Free Press?

Posted on July 17, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] Did you know that the Detroit Free Press is now a news ORGANIZATION? It’s not a newsPAPER any more. Surprise! That object you’re reading with your morning coffee has gained three syllables. What’s going on? A … Continue reading →

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Fantasy JOA for Detroit?

Posted on July 2, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell In January, joelontheroad.com broke news about the start of a possible Joint Operating Agreement between my blog and the Detroit News and Free Press.     I didn’t get much response.   In fact, the only response … Continue reading →

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