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Newspapers are dying a slow and painful death. I look forward to The Greenville News dying, because it will hopefully mean their ugly building will be razed and something much better can be done with that primo piece of real estate.
It's crazy how much technology has changed things over the last 10-15 years. Information is so readily available now. Commuters on the train in my area used to read newspapers, but now you see very few newspapers and lots of internet-capable phones, iPads, Kindles, etc.
How does Greenville Online or the Greenville News miss an announced $300 million investment by a pharmaceuticals company that will employ 700 people in South Carolina? I know it's not a metro Greenville news item, but are they that parochial?
I find they are late to cover many stories. I suspect its got something to do with staff coverage. They didn't mention the end of the world series in the next day's paper either.
Of course they covered the parking garage issue. They cover only only what they perceive as negative stories from Columbia. Glad to see there's plenty of parking to open up for students. And it's a good thing they got the garages built before the economy crashed.
The Charlotte Observer is the only major regional newspaper still sold in Greenville. It is sold at Publix and I believe Barnes and Noble. The Atlanta Journal Constitution used to be available here, as well as the Columbia State paper. Those papers stopped their long distance distribution here a few years ago, despite an interest from a local courier service and retailers. I miss the AJC paper, but they refuse to deliver outside of metro Atlanta anymore. But The New York Times is still available.
Still not so much as a blurb about the announced $313 million, 707-employee, $70,000-a-year-average-salary pharmaceutical firm coming to the Midlands. How would Upstate residents who might be interested in applying for a job there ever know? I bet the local news stations there didn't cover it either. The media in the Midlands are all over such announcements statewide.
We just got back from making a offer on a house in GV and my wife and I both thought that the Greenville News was a very small paper for the size of the area that it covers. Is there a larger paper in the state that people in GV read or do people just get there news online. We are very happy to be moving from COAL HELL WV so I am not complaning just wondering.
I think the situation here is the same as that in most cities. Newspapers are simply a dying breed in general with constant cable news availability and the ability to Google just about anything for free. Just about the only thing a local paper can offer is a more in-depth look at local issues, people and events. I'm sure some papers do that better than others, but...
Sky, this is lame. Do you think the Greenville News covered the same story about Greenville's downtown parking decks. It was not long ago (months) that the city's parking outlook was overstated and revenue was not sufficient to cover debt service.
While I would not expect the News to cover all things related to statewide events, a 700+ person pharm facility is big in a number of ways. Besides the job numbers and high salaries, this is the type of business that SC so desparately needs. These types of companies like to cluster so, this could be a springboard for more pharm companies in SC. Luckily, the Carolina grads who own the company worked with the state and university to bring the facility to Lexington.
Of course it's lame. Why do you think I posted it in this thread?
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