Comments on: Moody’s: Pioneer Press parent may default on debts in the next year http://minnesotaindependent.com/28620/moodys-pioneer-press-at-risk-of-defaulting-in-the-next-year News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Paul Schmelzer http://minnesotaindependent.com/28620/moodys-pioneer-press-at-risk-of-defaulting-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-26737 Paul Schmelzer Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:01:09 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=28620#comment-26737 Hi Stephen, I certainly didn't mean it as a slam, and perhaps "widely" is a stretch. But here's a few less-than-glowing opinions: A fellow MediaNews employee says it's a great idea... for 20 years ago (a common theme I've noticed among media bloggers). http://thepicareport.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-news.html Mark Langeveld at Harvard's Nieman Labs says it's "difficult to imagine a lot of enthusiasm greeting the i-News concept" and offers five points of skepticism. http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/03/back-to-the-future-medianews-revives-print-your-own-newspaper/ 21-year Knight-Ridder VP Ken Doctor isn't fond of the idea, noting his distaste for having to add a proprietary printer to his desk: http://www.contentbridges.com/2009/03/gizmoitis-affliction-spreading-among-publishers.html And local media writer David Brauer calls the plan "goofy": http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2009/03/06/7216/pioneer_press_owners_goofy_print-at-home_plan Google's blogsearch offers more: http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22i-news%22+MediaNews&sa=N&start=10 Thanks for the note. Hi Stephen,
I certainly didn’t mean it as a slam, and perhaps “widely” is a stretch. But here’s a few less-than-glowing opinions:

A fellow MediaNews employee says it’s a great idea… for 20 years ago (a common theme I’ve noticed among media bloggers).
http://thepicareport.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-news.html

Mark Langeveld at Harvard’s Nieman Labs says it’s “difficult to imagine a lot of enthusiasm greeting the i-News concept” and offers five points of skepticism.
http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/03/back-to-the-future-medianews-revives-print-your-own-newspaper/

21-year Knight-Ridder VP Ken Doctor isn’t fond of the idea, noting his distaste for having to add a proprietary printer to his desk:
http://www.contentbridges.com/2009/03/gizmoitis-affliction-spreading-among-publishers.html

And local media writer David Brauer calls the plan “goofy”:
http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2009/03/06/7216/pioneer_press_owners_goofy_print-at-home_plan

Google’s blogsearch offers more: http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22i-news%22+MediaNews&sa=N&start=10

Thanks for the note.

]]> By: Stephen Keating http://minnesotaindependent.com/28620/moodys-pioneer-press-at-risk-of-defaulting-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-26722 Stephen Keating Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:47:17 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=28620#comment-26722 Paul, I am working with MediaNews on the I-News project. The reference and link to "widely panned by media types" in an echo of an echo. How about linking to a Google news search for the term "individuated news" to give readers some diversity of opinion? The link is below... http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22individuated+news%22 Thanks much, Stephen Paul,

I am working with MediaNews on the I-News project. The reference and link to “widely panned by media types” in an echo of an echo. How about linking to a Google news search for the term “individuated news” to give readers some diversity of opinion? The link is below…

http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22individuated+news%22

Thanks much,
Stephen

]]> By: Eric Ferguson http://minnesotaindependent.com/28620/moodys-pioneer-press-at-risk-of-defaulting-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-26610 Eric Ferguson Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:19:36 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=28620#comment-26610 We used to have two nationalistically and financially strong newspapers in the Twin Cities, and part of that was knowing the other one was coming after them if they screwed up. If only McClatchy hadn't bought Knight-Ridder. It spun off the Pioneer Press to avoid anti-trust issues, took on debt, like it seems every other newspaper owner out there, without the ability to pay it off, sold the Star Tribune to someone else buying with debt they couldn't pay while the Pioneer press's owner is in imminent danger... so is our assumption that the stronger newspaper would buy out the other one still safe? It's looking possible for both to die. I can't get over how none of this needed to happen, except the big finance guys made the same mistakes over and over. We used to have two nationalistically and financially strong newspapers in the Twin Cities, and part of that was knowing the other one was coming after them if they screwed up. If only McClatchy hadn’t bought Knight-Ridder. It spun off the Pioneer Press to avoid anti-trust issues, took on debt, like it seems every other newspaper owner out there, without the ability to pay it off, sold the Star Tribune to someone else buying with debt they couldn’t pay while the Pioneer press’s owner is in imminent danger… so is our assumption that the stronger newspaper would buy out the other one still safe? It’s looking possible for both to die. I can’t get over how none of this needed to happen, except the big finance guys made the same mistakes over and over.

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