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The Writing on the Wall Pt. 2
Written by John Erianne on November 20, 2008 – 10:56 am -You remember that movie, Office Space? Remember that character, Milton and how the boss kept moving him around until he was working in a basement storage room? Well, the great downsizing of American print journalism continues. According to Editor & Publisher, in addition to a buyout of 151 of its reporting and non-reporting support staff, Newark’s Star-Ledger has moved two of its journalists into the mailroom. Can you fucking believe that? The mailroom?!
Here’s my thoughts on this bullshit: Don’t blame New media for killing Old media. This is a death by suicide. Like the auto industry and every other failing industry in the United States, print media is suffering from a supreme lack of imagination, innovation and entrepeneurial spirit. All these buyouts will do nothing to save this industry in the long term — it just drags out the death of the industry. Either make a serious, long term investment in fixing this broken industry — I mean reinvent the fucker or shut it down outright and spare us all the death rattle.
