Drifting Through The Grift: Good God

Thursday, April 23, 2009

How many consultants does it take to destroy a venerable institution?

I wish I knew the punchline.

Rusty said...: Maybe she went to the Lane Kiffin School of Public Relations.; Thu Apr 23, 11:26:00 PM
MTHEORY said...: Venerable?

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2y8Sx4B2Sk; Fri Apr 24, 01:29:00 AM
griftdrift said...: eyeroll; Fri Apr 24, 01:31:00 AM
Jmac said...: I'm not crazy about the masthead, but I'm not actually terribly opposed to the redesign. I think it will offer a cleaner, final product.

And I don't necessarily even think the infomercial is a bad idea.

The larger problem, again, is the insistence on adhering to a slowly dying medium, thus preserving production and circulation resources rather than invest in reporters and editors.

The product may look good, but if you can't adapt you're in trouble.; Fri Apr 24, 11:02:00 AM
chamblee54 said...: Eight. One to hold the masthead, and seven to turn the ladder around.; Fri Apr 24, 11:51:00 AM
The Newsman said...: She still thinks her readers are retarded fourth graders.

"We'll make it easier for you to find things" ... "We'll have more boxes explaining how we got the story" ... "We'll hand you a roll of toilet tissue."

Is this what it is like to live in a nursing home?; Fri Apr 24, 02:54:00 PM
Lucid Idiocy said...: The only thing newspapers lack is broadband penetration.; Sat Apr 25, 03:03:00 AM