Layoffs at the Journal Star?

[it's boogie time]

Great content! Now that would be a novelty out there in the market. The number 1 online newspaper is The Washington Post. They have put a ton of money into their site and provide great content.

I believe The Washington Post lost around $25 million last year and laid off a bunch of people. Is there a profitable newspaper anymore?

[Murph]

PJstar and its affiliates would make a killing if they charged a subscription fee online. I know I would be willing to pay $50 a year or whatever. If 10,000 people sign up for it, that's a whopping $500,000 a year. More than enough to keep most of its staff. Getting the paper the next day is old news once you start reading it online. Stories are updated thruout the day and almost all the stories are posted the night before.

Jason

I would probably go for that but they would have to publish way more content before they'd get my money.

[Chico]

I would probably go for that but they would have to publish way more content before they'd get my money.

Finished the sports section this morning before I finished my first cup of coffee. Used to take half a pot to read the Sunday sports page.

[jasonpeoria911]

Yes that's true, they don't publish the whole newspaper online but just bits and portions of it. If they did decide to charge a subscription, then they would have to put it all online. I like to read most of the crime news, so i'm happy with the amount that's published lol. A lot better coverage on crime than most cities cover.

Jason

Finished the sports section this morning before I finished my first cup of coffee. Used to take half a pot to read the Sunday sports page.

[Chico]

Yes that's true, they don't publish the whole newspaper online but just bits and portions of it. If they did decide to charge a subscription, then they would have to put it all online. I like to read most of the crime news, so i'm happy with the amount that's published lol. A lot better coverage on crime than most cities cover.

Jason

I read the police section today. Do you believe only one crime worthy to be printed was committed in Peoria yesterday? I don't. That's poor coverage.

[lefty]

I will hate taking my computer into the bathroom.
I will miss Liesse's rye sense of humor, talking to him at The Smoker, and "between the lines" columns.

Did we really need to know that?

[Guinness]

I will hate taking my computer into the bathroom.
I will miss Liesse's rye sense of humor, talking to him at The Smoker, and "between the lines" columns.

You dont think the cheap netbooks are popular because they're small do you?

[tornado]

I am amused by this...

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=169&f=2616&t=5242607

it is a long discussion by the Illini fans about Bill Liesse getting laid off at PJS...and there are numerous
posters who praise and shower love on Bill Liesse......but who seem to forget that some of the columns Liesse has written were a bit negative and embarrassing to the Illini...

First - he wrote the one about Eric Gordon being a "steaming pile of.."
then had to issue an apology...

also, he wrote the false allegation that Bruce Weber ticked off all the Chicago power-brokers by using racial insults...
In the spring of 2007 it was alleged that Weber angered the Chicago HS coaches by using the N-word. He also criticized Bruce Weber for missing out on many good Chicago/Illinois recruits like Patrick Beverley, Julian Wright, Jon Scheyer, etc...

And he insulted Illinois fans who believed Jamar Smith had to go and claimed the publicity over the Jamar case was "out of whack" -

Then he cited quotes from Jamar's grandfather, that only served to embarrass the university over its handling of the issue.