Comments for Business Casual

Comment on New stakeholders for newspapers by bth

bth — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:29:32 +0000

RJ – having seen some of McClatchey’s reporting (note Goldman sachs especially) I am not so sure I would call them “evil” as you do. OTOH – perhaps corporate policy limits the muck-raking they can do locally? I’d like to see something like what you suggest with Eagle/TV/radio collaborating in digging into the two building across Central from each other.

Comment on Wow, talk about inflammatory by Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:33:56 +0000

I think you’d be surprised how unwelcome public ownership would be in this industry, Best.

Comment on Wow, talk about inflammatory by ictBest

ictBest — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:22:53 +0000

Maybe public ownership is welcomed by those working in the newspaper industry. Job security maybe a great benefit from this transition (if it were to happen).

Comment on New stakeholders for newspapers by mrcontroversy

mrcontroversy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000

Good luck with that Ben.
Haven’t heard much from you lately.

Comment on New stakeholders for newspapers by bth

bth — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:25:50 +0000

I’d rather see these guys submit to interviews at KCTU etc.

Comment on Circling the drain by bth

bth — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:24:36 +0000

When I took macro-econ we discussed the issue of “free markets” at length. We also discussed the situation where there are not really free amrkets – oligopoly and monopoly. Unfortunately that is what we have in the financial markets – oligopoly – WITH COLLUSION.

Comment on Circling the drain by jerry

jerry — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:08:33 +0000

I thought the “God’s work” was a bit of stretch myself. Quite the gesture on the part of Goldman Sachs to pass out $500,000,000.00 to 10,000 small businesses. Maybe it makes them feel better about receiving payment (at 100 cents on the dollar) for all of the distressed assets they had insured by AIG. Of course our Federal Government’s bailout covered AIG at full list price (incredibly stupid and irresponsible) which us good ol’ taxpayers get to repay. But what’s 27 billion amongst friends?

Comment on New stakeholders for newspapers by Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:30:58 +0000

Ben, the city does have its own TV station – which once featured an interview I did with Bob Layton and Carl Brewer.

Comment on Circling the drain by Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:28:15 +0000

I don’t think any market participant can be legitimately held accountable for the decisions they make in the marketplace when the information available to them is, to put it charitably, skewed. One of the biggest laughs I’ve had recently came from the CEO of a major investment house, who publicly claimed to be doing “God’s work.”

The goal would be to regulate against those who profit by misleading market participants; it would not involve total market regulation. Hopefully, none of you defend those who profit from misleading investors.

Comment on New stakeholders for newspapers by Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:25:16 +0000

I don’t disagree with the discipline statement, but it’s a pretty clear fact that television and radio don’t explore any issue with the detail that newspapers can – and do.

The idea of merging mediums has some merit in terms of overall journalistic quality; I just wonder if mediums that report on decidedly different levels of depth and who have historically been competitors can co-exist for mutual benefit.