Jeff Jarvis

The Boston Globe's Alternative Future

Can't necessarily give it away. There are huge shutdown costs. When Tribune company "sold" the NY Daily News to Robert Maxwell, Tribune paid Maxwell $60 million to take if off their hands.

A Newspaper Publisher Lies

PastTense: I don't disagree with you. I put it on my personal blog because the guy attacked me personally and I wanted it on the record.

Seeking Alpha has my authorization to pick up any post they want and I usually think they make sensible picks. On this one, I think you're right.

Separately from that, though, the speech is incredible for its head-in-sand protest on behalf of newspapers as they are and were. But that'd be a different post.

- Jeff Jarvis

Newspapers: Not a Zero-Sum Game - A Minus-Sum Game

And Sam Zell is having to sell Newsday because he doesn't have the cash to maintain the purchase because his purchases in a recession aren't throwing off that cash. Not pretty.