Comments on: Two Paper Town

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:21:11 +0000

Timmy: Heh. The Times being the one to use the “sarcastic air quotes”?

By: Timmy O Toole

Timmy O Toole — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:56:08 +0000

I think it actually says a lot about both the papers, very subtly:
The two headlines convey very different feelings:

‘Change has come to America’

AND

Change has come to America

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:58:20 +0000

gb: What????? $100? Really? For the Times and PI? That is shocking. Did the prices hold up?

By: gb

gb — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:04:22 +0000

You should’ve picked up several copies, Mike. Over lunch today, we were talking about how yesterday’s papers are already selling on eBay for $100 bucks!

When I lived in Salt Lake, the two paper set up was essential. One was relatively liberal, the other was like a mormon press-release. One was a morning paper, and the other was… uh… morning and night.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:49:06 +0000

Chris: Interesting question. May have something to do with medieval business models.

Andy: I like the concept of two papers as well, but not when they are essentially the exact same paper, like they are in Seattle. The Times and the PI are both broadsheets, both slightly liberal, both morning papers, etc etc etc. If you blanked out the branding and the bylines, there is no way you could tell the two apart.

Don’t get me wrong… neither paper is bad. There just doesn’t need to be two of them, especially in an age where some people think there doesn’t even need to be *one* of them.

By: Andy Piper

Andy Piper — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:39:01 +0000

Looks like Obama understands how to mobilize the people to get something done. Keep it up Obama!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:18:21 +0000

Reversed out type is fine but use it sparingly as it it harder to read. Headline ok, but try reading a full page of fine text. Anyhow, still excited about the result over here in the UK do America must be buzzing.

By: Andy Borgmann

Andy Borgmann — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:01:42 +0000

I actually think the two paper system is a good one. We still have it in my hometown of Fort Wayne, IN – where both papers are equally dominant. It provided a “community balance.”

I now live in Atlanta where the AJC dominates – and if there is a conservative paper, it has such low market presence that I have never heard of it.

By: Reed

Reed — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:28:26 +0000

“Why do so many newspapers still use Medieval fonts on their mastheads?”

They look cool.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:21:27 +0000

Why do so many newspapers still use Medieval fonts on their mastheads?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:16:09 +0000

An apparent Republican? Or an incognito libertarian! Chyea Ron Paul!

By: Calichef

Calichef — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:22:19 +0000

@Ryan- We are sorry for you, as an apparent Republican, today. But speaking as a liberal, yellow-dog Democrat you’ll just have to suck it up the same as I did during the Regan years, the Bush I years and the gawd-awful Bush II years. For us liberals even Clinton was a hollow victory. You’ll just have to pardon us for our celebratory attitude for the next few months. Just like Ford pardoned Nixon.

By: lobstrosity

lobstrosity — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:12:28 +0000

“And in four years we’ll go running back to the GOP, in tears crying “I’m sorry!””

fat chance

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:48:07 +0000

And in four years we’ll go running back to the GOP, in tears crying “I’m sorry!”

By: Sean S

Sean S — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:39:26 +0000

That’s hilarious, I love it. Good observation.