The O made its employee buyout program -- long a matter of public knowledge -- official yesterday. Lots of experienced staff will be leaving, but will it be the cream of the crop, as opposed to the dead wood? Time will tell.
An interesting sidelight to this disturbing story are the readership numbers the newspaper now gives for its products:
The Oregonian is the largest daily news outlet in the Northwest, reaching more than 700,000 readers in print every day and more than a million unique viewers through OregonLive.com every month. When last we heard, the paid circulation of the daily O was just over 300,000 and heading steadily downward. How does that translate into more than 700,000 readers? Do they figure that the average copy passes under the eyes of 2.33 people before being trashed or recycled? That number seems high.
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Summing up the lieFrom: bojack.org
Post Date: 2006-09-12 19:58:21
Finally, the former frat president, now our President, has managed to get out a coherent sentence that encapsulates the fundamental falsehood that continues to take lives, including many young American lives, in Iraq:
"The safety of America depends on the outcome of the battle in the streets of Baghdad."
You can keep saying it, Junior, but it’s a lie, and more and more Americans are figuring that out....
more Not that into YouFrom: bojack.org
Post Date: 2006-09-12 12:46:21
Steve Duin and others are on the mike today blasting Multnomah County judge wannabe Leslie Roberts for ratting out her next-door neighbor’s residency problem, and thus insuring that Roberts will run unopposed for the judicial seat that the neighbor had her eye on. The neighbor, Youlee You, has been disqualified from the race, and she’s also stepped down from the bench, where Governor Ted had appointed her so that she could run as the incumbent. Not only did Roberts snitch on ...
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