Comments on: Publisher’s Note

By: beryl k gullsgate

beryl k gullsgate — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:50:45 +0000

“We are stramlining the news with a more centralized editorial system.”

All I can say is… this is no small tragedy for this alternative news source (and a fine bit of reporting they have done, indeed) to “streamline” and
my god,…”centralize”?

So now you will be offering ‘news’ as a controlled substance?

None said it better than the king of muckrakers himself, George Seldes…”Dumb censor, dumb censor!”

By: Publiuuus

Publiuuus — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:39:56 +0000

CIM should sell MinnIndy to someone who actually believes in independent journalism, and then they can get on with turning their other “independents” into Fox-News-for-partisan-Democrats.

Check out the site statistics for MinnIndy and MinnPost in the last few months:
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/minnpost.com+minnesotaindependent.com/?metric=uv

Obviously, CIM has no business sense.

GIVE STEVE PERRY A BUDGET. LET HIM CONTINUE TO WORK WITH INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS. GROW MINNINDY YOU MORONS, DON’T KILL IT.

David S. Bennahum…you should go work for Target.

By: George Orwell

George Orwell — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:05:20 +0000

“with more full-time writers and fewer part-time writers”

Translation: Less is more.

“We are grateful to those talented and creative people who have helped us reach our goals thus far”

Translation: We’re so grateful to those who got us here that we’ve eliminated their budget.

“and we look forward to continuing our history of excellence in journalism as we grow to meet the demands of the future.”

Translation: Less is more.

A mainstream newspaper publisher couldn’t have said it better.

By: p0wn!d

p0wn!d — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:30:27 +0000

MN Inde is p0wned, end of a short-lived few months :(

By: Publiuuus

Publiuuus — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:33:41 +0000

No, unlike the Fox News model that just reprints GOP talking points emails, it means that the “Independent” sites will now be receiving their content directly from Soros’ desk instead of being gathered by earnest, capable, independent journalists.

I’m sorry, but as a loyal reader, I feel betrayed by the timing of this. As the quality and volume of MinnIndy stories goes down, readers will find their content elsewhere. But it turns out that that’s not really the goal of CIM, now, is it?

Big, fat wasted opportunity CIM.

Adios.

By: haloka

haloka — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:30:58 +0000

Centralization and “independent” media cannot coexist. The MN Independent’s best strength was its part-time writers (who were brilliant at investigating both the political left and right not from a fuzzy centrist, but a truth-seeking perspective). Hopefully they will continue to be writing more elsewhere as I continue to visit the Independent less and less.

The only honorable thing for Mr. Bennahum to do in the service of independent media would be to resign and turn control of the sites over to the writers and readers themselves. He doesn’t deserve such a job. Please go find a corporate outlet to work for and start being honest about where you stand.

By: TJSwift

TJSwift — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:53:22 +0000

“We are streamlining operations with a more centralized editorial system to support the entire news network as it grows,”

So does this mean that the “Independent” sites will now be receiving their content directly from Soros’ desk instead of being filtered through the Democrat headquarters first?