Comments on: Did The FCC Kill The Daily Newspaper? http://blogs.jobdig.com/diggings/2007/03/05/did-the-fcc-kill-the-daily-newspaper/ A blog about recruitment advertising, media, publishing, HR, work, & technology, among other things Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:42:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: dagNABbit http://blogs.jobdig.com/diggings/2007/03/05/did-the-fcc-kill-the-daily-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-5916 dagNABbit Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:14:06 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/diggings/2007/03/05/did-the-fcc-kill-the-daily-newspaper/#comment-5916 I think Klinenberg's creditbility has been hurt on this subject. If you haven't seen the Slate piece demolishing his picture of the Minot disaster (supposedly worsened by Clear Channel/consolidation) I highly recommend it: http://www.slate.com/id/2157395 And I'm not just being disagreeable. I've read the MoJo piece and found it unconvincing. He neatly moves past other explanations for the decline of regional newspapers, the biggest one being Craigslist. In fact, he doesn't even mention Craigslist. Heck, even Craig Newmark blames himself for that. Ultimately, consolidation is a symptom of the changing media landscape, not a cause. In the spirit of full disclosure, I consult for the NAB in Washington, and on this issue in particular. I think Klinenberg’s creditbility has been hurt on this subject. If you haven’t seen the Slate piece demolishing his picture of the Minot disaster (supposedly worsened by Clear Channel/consolidation) I highly recommend it: http://www.slate.com/id/2157395

And I’m not just being disagreeable. I’ve read the MoJo piece and found it unconvincing. He neatly moves past other explanations for the decline of regional newspapers, the biggest one being Craigslist. In fact, he doesn’t even mention Craigslist. Heck, even Craig Newmark blames himself for that. Ultimately, consolidation is a symptom of the changing media landscape, not a cause.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I consult for the NAB in Washington, and on this issue in particular.

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