Do the math. If you buy the Creative Loafing chain, which owns the Reader, you get Rolodexes, a bunch of dated computers, dated software, and a name. Essentially you’re buying a logo, a URL, some archived content, and a giant f*cking IOU...So, sayeth this smart person: it’s much cheaper to let them die and hire the people, who have the knowledge and the contacts and who actually represent the name.I can't find anything to disagree with in this article. And it is chock full of wisdom. For us all.
Read it. Read it now.
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And for some piling on effect, here's Clay Shirky's latest blog post, "Newspapers and "Thinking the Unthinkable."
http://tinyurl.com/bpxulr
Can we do the same for GM and Chrysler?
That Yeats nearly killed me. Awesome.
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