RE: ADVICE TO THE DMN

Wick, a Belo-working FBvian compliments you. No, wait–I take that back:

That story Wick posted was interesting. These media bosses have such big brains.

But ya know, their grand ideas — more Web news, more local news, more youth newspapers, more editions for seniors and so on — actually require a few journalists to execute. So what do the bosses do? They cut costs by laying off or buying out journalists. Wick himself recommended that the News lose 200, not 111 people, and slash their salaries.

It’s a mixed signal, for sure. More work to do. Fewer people to do it.

Or maybe these bosses are all secretly investing in technology to develop and produce droids that can do the work of human journalists. Imagine that: labor that doesn’t talk back and can work 24/7. Brilliant.