Comments on: DMN and Star-T Newsgather … Together?

By: IreneAdler

IreneAdler — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:55:00 +0000

“I can assure you we have no intention of diluting our powerful brand.”

Too late for that, Bob…you’ve already been diluting it at Moroney and Decherd’s behest since the year 2000, at least. And don’t think the readers haven’t noticed.

By: Billusa99

Billusa99 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:23:30 +0000

With respect to” “I can assure you we have no intention of diluting our powerful brand.”

Perhaps an S-T reporter’s first assignment could be an in-depth expose on that revisionist statement.

By: Dane

Dane — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:18:30 +0000

…Or News-Star. “Telegram” isn’t in Belo’s vocabulary.

By: Dane

Dane — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:17:16 +0000

Welcome to the DFW News-Telegram, January 2010…

By: publicnewssense

publicnewssense — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:17:15 +0000

What if the Star-Telegram’s editor decides a DMN staffer ought to be fired? In the spirit of cost-saving cooperation, will the DMN can the staffer.
This sort of joint news-gathering cooperation requires that both papers set aside integrity — oh, wait. Forget I brought that up. Like Addie Pray said to her dad Moses in the movie Paper Moon, “I don’t know what scruples are, but if you got ‘em they probably belong to somebody else.”

By: Bethany

Bethany — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:03:48 +0000

Not exactly good news.

http://eleventybillionthblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-layoffs-at-dmn-matter-to-you.html

By: GuiltyBystander

GuiltyBystander — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:00:52 +0000

Cats and dogs living together.
The mutual respect might flow from East to West but not from West to East. Most S-T folks think the DMN is FUBAR. The only way this would improve both papers is if the DMN did away with its staff and turned its check book over to the S-T.

By: yeah, right.

yeah, right. — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:54:52 +0000

Well, with the government taking over the banks and financing everything else, I think we need more collaboration and cooperation between our local news sources. Socialism for all!

This will just speed the end of these newspapers. Reduce the competition and the press will become an even bigger mouthpiece of large advertisers and the politically powerful.

Good night and good luck, indeeed.