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Bucking National Trend, SD Gas Prices Jump
I drove past my usual gas station Monday morning and saw that where I'd filled up on Friday at $4.11 per gallon had gone up over the weekend to $4.27! I couldn't believe it. I think that's the biggest two-day jump I've ever seen. Thought I'd missed a newsflash over the weekend that Israel and Iran had finally attacked each other or something. Any idea why this big jump occurred?— May 15, 2012 9:46 a.m.
UT, Orange County Register Will Join Forces, Says Lynch
Don - I don't recall seeing anything yet on your blog about the U-T's plans to add TV, but that's certainly revelant to this topic too, I think. Here's the link to their story: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/18/ut-tv-… Reactions?— May 10, 2012 11:08 a.m.
Eleven Bay Area Papers Will Combine into Two
Didn't know abouth the BANG lawsuits. Interesting. From what I've seen too, newspapers don't have a great history of trying to build networks with each other. Some try occasionally, but most attempts fall apart rapidly. Will be hilarious to watch So. Cal. try it with so many varied interests across markets.— August 29, 2011 8:43 a.m.
Eleven Bay Area Papers Will Combine into Two
Two key differences, I think. 1) Those No. Cal. papers are already all under one company. Much easier for them to merge/network their own papers together than down here with (still) many disparate ownerships. It'll take a lot of time and effort to make this happen in So. Cal. And 2) these papers up north are all also basically in the same, one media market. Down here, depending on who's measuring, we have at least two distinct ones, SD and LA, or even more, if you break out OC, Riverside, and the SF Valley, as some do. It could happen here, but those are some awfully big hurdles to overcome anytime soon.— August 26, 2011 1:41 p.m.
More Layoffs at Union-Tribune
I'm really curious as to why the U-T and every other newspaper in this country seems to be circling the drain, while newspapers across Europe and elsewhere are still thriving in both readership and revenue? I seriously doubt they have any less access to online content than we do, so what do you think accounts for this Don, and what could American newspapers do differently to emulate European success right now??— June 16, 2011 9:46 a.m.
Union-Tribune Circulation Continues Falling; North County Times Edges Up
I think one point has been missed here that may be the main driver behind the U-T's latest circulation losses. They themselves seem to be reducing it deliberately. In Platinum's effort to drive an ever-increasing profit margin, I've read where they've pared back circulation in remote areas due to its lack of ROI. And even worse, they seem to have made a concerted effort to significantly raise the price of the newspaper over the past year or so. We just received our latest quarterly bill, and the price of our subscription has gone up 20% in just three months! I haven't seen a corresponding increase in value to the paper to match that, and I'm sorry, but that new logo just isn't enough! They've just priced themselves beyond the value that they provide us anymore. So, after 34 years as subscribers, we've quit taking the U-T. Sad.— November 10, 2010 8:36 a.m.
In San Diego, Sherrod Says She'll Sue Breitbart
I wonder whether the traditional legal standards for Libel in the media apply to bloggers, and whether she'd have to meet those in her suit. Anyone know?— July 29, 2010 4:23 p.m.
Law Firm Giving Financial Advice Taking No New Cases
Response to post #4: Yes, Metabolife was the top contender I had in mind, but don't forget Dr. Glen Kawesch too. Is he still in prison? And Jenny Craig; I think he may have promoted them prior to their financial woes several years back. And there were others. I can't recall the name but I'm pretty sure there was an auto dealer he shilled for (Cadillac or Lincoln, I think) that went belly-up shortly thereafter. Also, I think a restaurant, and maybe an attorney. It got so bad, it became a running joke between a few friends of mine: If you hear Ted Leitner promoting any product or service, run for the hills, they're bad news! I'm surprised he still gets those gigs.— July 1, 2010 11:56 a.m.
Law Firm Giving Financial Advice Taking No New Cases
Good grief, is there any business in this town that hasn't closed down, or nearly done so, sometime after Ted Leitner was their spokesperson, except maybe D.Z. Akins? The man's the kiss-o-death!— June 30, 2010 5:23 p.m.
Padres's Attendance Was Better When Losing at Qualcomm
Response to post #2: Again, all true. But I think we could wait too for the "big draw" teams to finally come to town this year. The Padres have yet to host in 2010 their top-drawing opponent every year, the Dodgers. Nor have they yet hosted the defending NL champ Phillies or other traditionally large draws like the Mets and Cardinals, nor the really-big drawing card (and who knows why), the Cubs. For us to say the Padres attendance is down from last year when they've only hosted the likes of the Brewers, or the expansion Rockies and Diamondbacks, isn't completely fair to them (Giants and Braves notwithstanding).— May 5, 2010 3:08 p.m.