Scranton Times (Times-Tribune) editor stepping down (Old Forge, Taylor: neighborhood, gated, live)

[jimazee]

Originally Posted by shoegal111

The Times was in decline long before Doherty was ever elected mayor. This used to be a 2 paper town and the other went under about 20 years ago due to dwindling circulation and increasing costs. The Times bought the name and subscribers and very little else. I guess that was Doherty's fault too. It's all too easy for some folks to blame the Mayor for everything and not look at the actual facts.

Flagrant, almost cloying, editorial and reporting bias hasn't retained subscribers or credibility. This extends well beyond the mayor and Scranton politics.

Besides the inroads of changing technology, other newspapers of record also suffer from this...

[PennHoo]

I have no problem with the Times, I don't get it because I normally look at it online but I do miss alot of stuff that is not online. Its really simple, if I see a story I don't like I don't read it. I find it hilarious people cancel thinking, "I'll show them!"

[weluvpa]

Originally Posted by shoegal111

The Times was in decline long before Doherty was ever elected mayor. This used to be a 2 paper town and the other went under about 20 years ago due to dwindling circulation and increasing costs. The Times bought the name and subscribers and very little else. I guess that was Doherty's fault too. It's all too easy for some folks to blame the Mayor for everything and not look at the actual facts.

Ok sure...Funny thing is you know nothing about what I know or don't know...Thanks for the heads up and history lesson..ROFLMAO..If you only knew who my now deceased Father in Law was....lol

[weluvpa]

Originally Posted by PennHoo

I have no problem with the Times, I don't get it because I normally look at it online but I do miss alot of stuff that is not online. Its really simple, if I see a story I don't like I don't read it. I find it hilarious people cancel thinking, "I'll show them!"

Lol thats funny. Why should people pay for a paper that prints half-truths...If enough people cancel they are SHOWING THEM, right where it hurts....On the bottom line.

[shoegal111]

Originally Posted by weluvpa

Ok sure...Funny thing is you know nothing about what I know or don't know...Thanks for the heads up and history lesson..ROFLMAO..If you only knew who my now deceased Father in Law was....lol

Who cares who your deceased father-in-law was. I certainly don't. I know lots of people who work for the Times and the Tribune. I also know and it's repeatedly been reported since the early 1990s that the industry is dying. It's on it's death bed now- Are you going to deny that is a fact?

[weluvpa]

Glad your tight with the workers...

Oh The Times isn't really on its death bed, its hurting and turning over employees left and right in most departments, but there is still a LARGE population of older and elderly residents tbat have not and won't be switching to digital anytime soon.

The Shamrock corp owns plenty of papers and radio stations througout the country so they will no be folding anytime soon.

It's just nice to see the Times hurting, payback is a ***** when you put protecting your neighbors and friends over that of printing the truth for the people.

I also don't agree about the decline in starting in the 90's. Christ did the paper even have a website in the early 90's?

I'm really not in the mood to go round and round with you. Your the best, you know everything and Chris Doherty iscreally a nice guy who has done great things for our city. Thats the party line right? Thats what you want to hear right?

[shoegal111]

Originally Posted by weluvpa

I'm well aware of the Lynetts and their relationship with crony politicos. Probably more aware then I like. Lol

The Times slanted reporting is getting old, circulation is way down and many residents are tiring of it.

Recently the Times conveniently left out that the kid killing cats in the Hill was a student of Da U. They were the only news agency that left that part out..lol

The fact that the kid attends the University isn't really pertinent to the crime. Neither did they print the profession of the other cat killer but I guess he's well connected to the owners or managing editors of the paper too.

They usually don't report on people's occupation unless it's pertinent to the crime itself.

Scranton cat stabbings draw response from local, national groups - News - The Times-Tribune

[shoegal111]

Originally Posted by weluvpa

Glad your tight with the workers...

Oh The Times isn't really on its death bed, its hurting and turning over employees left and right in most departments, but there is still a LARGE population of older and elderly residents tbat have not and won't be switching to digital anytime soon.

The Shamrock corp owns plenty of papers and radio stations througout the country so they will no be folding anytime soon.

It's just nice to see the Times hurting, payback is a ***** when you put protecting your neighbors and friends over that of printing the truth for the people.

I also don't agree about the decline in starting in the 90's. Christ did the paper even have a website in the early 90's?

I'm really not in the mood to go round and round with you. Your the best, you know everything and Chris Doherty iscreally a nice guy who has done great things for our city. Thats the party line right? Thats what you want to hear right?

No, the Scranton Times was not online in the 1990s but Associated Press, other news outlets, syndicated columns and startups, in addition to chat boards, were there in the '90s. Not everyone reads the paper just for the local news. Why wait until the local paper is published when you can get the news and other items from other sources almost instantaneously?

[weluvpa]

Originally Posted by shoegal111

No, the Scranton Times was not online in the 1990s but Associated Press, other news outlets, syndicated columns and startups, in addition to chat boards, were there in the '90s.

Ok so how many folks were really accessing the "news" online in the 90's? Paying for the internet by the minute with super slow dial up you could have driven to NY to buy the New York Times quicker..lol

The real decline of the Times started recently in the last decade, first the ad dollars starting dropping then the circulation started to drop.....I guess the internet got them RIGHT when they were slanting all the city news, wow what a coincidence.

[shoegal111]

Originally Posted by weluvpa

Ok so how many folks were really accessing the "news" online in the 90's? Paying for the internet by the minute with super slow dial up you could have driven to NY to buy the New York Times quicker..lol

The real decline of the Times started recently in the last decade, first the ad dollars starting dropping then the circulation started to drop.....I guess the internet got them RIGHT when they were slanting all the city news, wow what a coincidence.

Their circulation has been dropping for decades. Ad dollars drop because businesses are not going to invest their money in newspapers where the circulation is dropping.

p.s.- dial-up and lots of people had quicker access at work. I started getting my news online, at work, starting in the mid-90s and haven't looked back. Same with magazines.