tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post114611483905389305..comments2024-01-03T06:15:28.953-05:00Comments on Northeast PA media news and gossip: Sphincters tighten in W-B as the best 'KR orphans' go off the market.NEPAmediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096996915800680201noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1146243323754988642006-04-28T12:55:00.000-04:002006-04-28T12:55:00.000-04:00Is there enough advertising around to support both...Is there enough advertising around to support both? If there were, I suspect the CV would not have become part of the Lynett empire; there would be no Nexstar siamese twins; the Scrantonian/Tribune would exist. It might just be that WB/Scr somehow retained more reporting jobs than the economy justifies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1146170720459711942006-04-27T16:45:00.000-04:002006-04-27T16:45:00.000-04:00The principle reason two papers exist today -- thi...The principle reason two papers exist today -- this week -- in WB is simple. There's enough advertising around to support both. But probably not enough to satisfy greedy stockholders in any of the madhat media corporations. Besides, as another entry on this blog notes, the CV's total employment is down, 75 fewer bodies than its "union" workforce alone once numbered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21128745.post-1146124853396898712006-04-27T04:00:00.000-04:002006-04-27T04:00:00.000-04:00Did anyone have a realistic expectation that a com...Did anyone have a realistic expectation that a company would invest money in a two newspaper market?<BR/><BR/>There was a slim chance if the TL was part of a big package deal.<BR/><BR/>Now that a few of the plums are off the market, it doesn't look good in WB. It makes me very very sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com