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>Ah, love the oversimplification. > >How can you compare a mediocre appendage like "Go," >which you say you didn't like, which was attached to a >strictly local newspaper owned by a troubled company >(be it due to TV stations or the Ellwood City Ledger) >with a stand-alone entity like City Paper, distributed >REGIONALLY in several counties and not attached to a >local paper serving an aging, rust-belt community? >You can't. > >Apples and oranges. > >>BCT actually turns a profit. Calkins has gotten into >>trouble overextending itself with things like buying >>the Ellwood City Ledger and some TV stations. >> >>"Go!," which I didn't like, was distributed mainly in >>Pittsburgh and aimed at the college crowd. City Paper, >>which is similar in philosophy, seems to be doing OK >>in "an aging rust belt region." Ah, love the >>generalities. >> >> >> >> >>>It's a money-losing piece of crap. Time was, if you >>>said that, some of the loyalists would hop on over >>>here and fling insult after insult. It's clear now >>>that the whole thing it smoke and mirrors, a mediocre >>>entity with no future, awaiting extinction in a >county >>>losing population. You don't do a publication like >>>"Go" in an aging rust belt region. >>>The fact they even tried says something about the >>>stupidity of the owners and managers. >>> >>>I think were Scaife not in the midst of his messy >>>divorce, he'd have already had Ralphie and a few more >>>of his Trib Totally Medicore minions pay the BCT >brass >>>a visit. >>> >>>>Let's see, I'm looking at Saturday's BCT web site... >>>>four of the six top stories are police or fire. One >>of >>>>the others is a story about the Medical Center's >>>>expansion that is two days late... moved Thursday on >>>>the Pittsburgh Business Times web site. >>>>Things are bad in the news industry everywhere, no >>>>doubt. But if the BCT made half the committment to >>>>news it does to sports and cockamamie design >schemes, >>>>it wouldn't be in such bad shape.

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