Comments for RIP, the Daily Paper: As Headlines Document the Death of Print Media, How Will Quad Cities Newspapers Survive? at http://www.rcreader.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.rcreader.com Tue, 21 May 2013 18:04:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.rcreader.com/news/rip-the-daily-paper/#comment-1291 I urge everyone to cancel their subscriptions to the QC times? why? in my opinion, the treat their employess unfair and use unscrupulous tactics. I am boycotting them and telling everyone I speak to about this issue. My daughter was working in the newsroom from almost a year and 1/2 after graduating with honors from St. Ambrose with a degree in journalism/communications. The powers that be at that paper, new they were only going to be "using" her temporarily. She was the on-line news producer. She did her job with perfection and loved her job. Then, the shuffle came, she was told everyone is going to be learning eveyone else's job, so she was to begin training other people to learn to update the QC website. (she, however, was not trained on anything else). Once she had trained other's to learn her job...guess what??? that's right. She's got the ax. the old lay-off heave-ho. She was used. She's still searching for a job. I believe she will indeed find an even better job, because she has high work ethics and standards. But, the QC Times..do they have ethics and standards? no. - cathy Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:48:49 +0100 http://www.rcreader.com/news/rip-the-daily-paper/#comment-1289 Instead this is a pretty milquetoast article outlining two local businesses who have seen some challenges over the last couple of years due to industry changes and economic downturn. Ironic that it's published in a newspaper that cut its publishing frequency in half... - Mr. Know-It-All Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:40:44 +0100 http://www.rcreader.com/news/rip-the-daily-paper/#comment-1287 In a lot of ways, a recession is a self-fulfilling prophecy -- of doom! The newspapers report on the flagging economy, as they should, but then when people read about it, they become too scared to spend any money. So they don't subscribe to the newspaper any more, and if they're business owners, they don't take out ads. Pretty soon the newspaper is folding up shop. This situation is happening everywhere, as the article above attests. All businesspeople are now at a stage where they need to work harder and smarter, because all the old rules aren't applying any more. New technology is changing the way people do business. The world's media is becoming increasingly more fragmented -- more and more competition, and it's all on the Internet. Social networks and online video websites are doing great! Maybe newspapers should figure out some way to partner with businesses like Facebook and YouTube. Is that possible? You tell me! Every newspaper will just have to work harder to strengthen its Internet presence, and the Reader is doing so admirably. The Reader has always been very a resourceful business entity. Newspaper sales reps will have to work harder to sell Internet advertising, and they will need to become more creative in offering and presenting value to the customer. All companies that want to survive need to increase their marketing efforts and become more competitive. Many companies cut back their marketing during a recession -- but how is that going to increase business? A recession is a time to increase exposure, not minimalize it. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go check my LinkedIn account! :-) - Mark A. McLaughlin Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:36:00 +0100