Dallas News, Star Telegram to combine sports coverage....

[Oldmins]

Just announced this afternoon, the two papers will combine some of their sports coverage, including more cooperation on coverage of college sports. So does this mean the Froggies will have to quit complaining about Star Telegram coverage, and the Mustangs about DMN coverage? Sure would take away a pleasant pasttime. Or seriously, how do you think this will affect SMU coverage?

[FWMustangGirl]

Considering the Startlegram rarely even acknowledges that SMU exists, I really hope it doesn't mean that we get less coverage than we already do.

[expony18]

renamed The Daily Texan

here's the link

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/sports

[smupony94]

renamed The Daily Texan

here's the link

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/sports

damn hippie propoganda

[that's great raplh]

jhbbl,b.,

[ALEX LIFESON]

renamed The Daily Texan

here's the link

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/sports

Now that, I wouldn't doubt.

[RGV Pony]

renamed The Daily Texan

here's the link

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/sports

now that's funny

[deepellumfrog]

Don't you know Amon Carter is rolling over in his grave...

[smu diamond m]

Yeah, I was talking to one of the DMN staff photographers at the CB parade and he said this might happen.

Kinda sucks.

[Nacho]

The end of the printed newspaper is upon us. The decline in general sports coverage has been dramatic over the last coup of months. I'm sorry to see the end of the era.

[CA Mustang]

Pro sports are concerned as well: http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/24/why- ... ewspapers/

[EastStang]

The Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun are going to be doing some joint work especially covering Maryland Statehouse news.

[peruna81]

Newspapers are indeed a dying media, and have not attempted to morph successfully into internet-based delivery ( remember the DMN requiring online readers to 'register' to read stories circa 2000). The advent of blogging has developed into a real-time editorial page, and advertising that was once a newspaper's majority source of revenue has largely dried up with declining circulation. To save money, you consolidate...it will be interesting to see if this consolidation stops or stems the bleeding, or if the DMN and FWST are simply putting fingers and toes in a dike that is already compromised.

[White Helmet]

The Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun are going to be doing some joint work especially covering Maryland Statehouse news.

Or Sheliah Dixon in the big house

[PoconoPony]

Newspapers are indeed a dying media, and have not attempted to morph successfully into internet-based delivery ( remember the DMN requiring online readers to 'register' to read stories circa 2000). The advent of blogging has developed into a real-time editorial page, and advertising that was once a newspaper's majority source of revenue has largely dried up with declining circulation. To save money, you consolidate...it will be interesting to see if this consolidation stops or stems the bleeding, or if the DMN and FWST are simply putting fingers and toes in a dike that is already compromised.

Just read an email labled, " 24 Things About to Become Extinct in America." Listed were such items as: hand written letters, personal checks, news magazines/TV news, family farms, Yellow Pages, rental movies, film cameras, incandescent light bulbs and at #23 the following:

"23. Classified Ads
>>> The Internet has made so many things obsolete that newspaper
>> classified ads might sound like just another trivial item on a long list.
>> But this is one of those harbingers of the future that could signal the
>> end
>> of civilization as we know it. The argument is that if newspaper
>> classifieds
>> are replaced by free online listings at sites like Craigslist.org and
>> Google
>> Base, then newspapers are not far behind them."

Smart move to start consolidating sports sections and cutting costs especially when the revenues from classified advertizing and sales advertizing are at very low levels. Revenues from these 2 sources are at the heart of staying in business and declining circulation is the final death blow.
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