Date Posted:21:47:04 04/05/05 Tue Author:No name Subject: Re: Diamond City In reply to:
's message, "Re: Diamond City" on 16:51:15 04/05/05 Tue
Agreed that the personal attacks on Kristie are out of line.
Regarding Weekender vs. Diamond City: The newspapers are interchangable -- interchangably bad, good for nothing more than movie, club and 'what to do' listings. Both newpspapers are filled with editing errors, awful writing, poor layout, and, yes, bitmapped ads.
But the Weekender is packed with ads, which leads me to believe that it makes money. Most of the ads are Weekender-only, unlike the first Diamond City, which featured 99 percent Scranton ads that no doubt were free buys for Electric City advertisers.
That will probably change in time, as Diamond City secures a foothold in Wilkes-Barre.
I disagree with the poster who said Wilkes-Barre area restauranteurs will stick with Kristie out of loyalty. They will stick with whichever they see as the better buy.
Also, this isn't like the TL vs. CV battle, which has dragged on for 25 years because the Voice has a built-in constituency of pro-labor TL haters. The Weekender and Diamond City are commodities. Most readers will look at them interchangably, like toilet paper.
Each publisher will probably try to undercut the other's ad rates. In the end, the winner will be the owner that can stomach losing money the longest and stay in for the long haul. Judging by recent history (Times-Shamrock adding staff and papers, KR's Times Leader shedding staff and papers) Diamond City will be the last paper standing.
