Just about everybody in the news business who has a Web site has a problem — out of control forums, or more accurately, forum users. The Mail Tribune’s online forum offers a great opportunity for members of the public to discuss and debate the important issues of our time. Unfortunately, it also provides a platform for [...]
I routinely am asked about the status of our sale to Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp operation. There’s finally a bit of news to report: Shareholders last week received their packets asking for their vote on the proposed sale of Dow Jones and its various assets — including the MT. The final tally is scheduled for Dec. 13 [...]
In my last blog I wondered whether a newspaper’s editorial philosophy should reflect the community. I guess the follow-up question to that is why should anyone even care what we think? One wag asked, rhetorically, I think, why the opinion of the five Mail Tribune editorial board members is any more valuable than the opinion of [...]
Here’s a basic question that newspapers (or at least newspaper editors and publishers) often ponder: Should a newspaper’s editorial philosophy reflect its community? The quick answer would seem to be, yes, of course. Why wouldn’t a newspaper want to be in line with most of its readers? Isn’t that just common sense, or at least good business [...]
