Tuesday, July 16, 2013

SUN MEDIA TO CLOSE 11 'PAPERS'

This just in: Sun Media Corp, the right-wing mouthpiece corporation, has announced they are closing eleven newspapers. The sad news is that 360 jobs will be lost. Newspapers are in trouble, as a general rule, but I have no sympathy for an organization that prides itself on being clueless.

That is no way to build readership.

Toronto Star...
Sun Media closing 11 papers, cutting 360 jobs
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4 comments:

  1. Greg WoodsJuly 16, 2013 at 2:15 PM

    LOL. What do you really think Mr. Smight? Don't sugarcoat it.

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  2. Barry SmightJuly 16, 2013 at 2:48 PM

    I think... they're precious. I like having them around, shooting-off, simply because they make me feel reasonably intelligent. And that, my friends, is quite the accomplishment!

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  3. DonaldARJuly 17, 2013 at 5:53 PM

    I love how job and livelihood losses (and often devastating career derailments) are described as cost "savings." I guess this type of de-humanising language should come as no surprise in a country that elected the Harper Reich.

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  4. Barry SmightJuly 17, 2013 at 6:18 PM

    You are correct. "Savings" is a code-word for "increasing shareholder profits". They who never lose. Their cottages await in the Laurentides, unblemished by the unwashed masses.

    Thanks for your shrewd comment!

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