Top Ten Signs You Know The Newspaper Industry Is In Trouble
10.) New employee buyout plan includes 2 weeks of free pizza for every year of service
9.) Publisher announces newspaper will become agnostic, just to weasel out of having to hire a religion writer
8.) Notice your newspaper’s new correction policy has 3 typos
7.) Newspaper type changes from large print to brail
6.) Rewrite man is Jayson Blair
5.) Redesigned home page links to Paris Hilton sex videos
4.) Newly adopted newspaper policy allows AA members be used as anonymous sources
3.) Your new layout editor thinks a sidebar is the dive down the street
2.) Paper’s new ethics manual written by Washington lobbyists.
And the number one reason you know your newspaper is in trouble:
1.) Editorial Board consists of former TMZ staffers
-Bill Lucey
billlucey@bellsouth.net
9.) Publisher announces newspaper will become agnostic, just to weasel out of having to hire a religion writer
8.) Notice your newspaper’s new correction policy has 3 typos
7.) Newspaper type changes from large print to brail
6.) Rewrite man is Jayson Blair
5.) Redesigned home page links to Paris Hilton sex videos
4.) Newly adopted newspaper policy allows AA members be used as anonymous sources
3.) Your new layout editor thinks a sidebar is the dive down the street
2.) Paper’s new ethics manual written by Washington lobbyists.
And the number one reason you know your newspaper is in trouble:
1.) Editorial Board consists of former TMZ staffers
-Bill Lucey
billlucey@bellsouth.net
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