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Post by benhomly on Jun 17, 2009 21:38:14 GMT 1
Is there any point to this useless rag anymore? The fixtures are out by 10.00 am this morning but even that is too late for todays paper. I can remember as a kid on a Saturday evening at around 6 o'clock listening for the letter box going and racing my brother to get to it first because it would have a detailed report of that AFTERNOONS match. Now it's just a complete waste of time, i read all tonights articles on here yesterday for gods sake.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Jun 17, 2009 21:41:01 GMT 1
The Examiner now comes out in the morning. So, it is not surprising the fixtures weren't in today's paper!
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Post by benhomly on Jun 17, 2009 21:42:49 GMT 1
I kind of figured that! That's my point, a once fine paper is now reduced to yesterdays news, doesn't really work for a local paper!!
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Post by thrice on Jun 17, 2009 21:42:57 GMT 1
What ever happened to the green un.
It was faster than the internet!!!
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Post by Art Vandelay on Jun 17, 2009 21:54:36 GMT 1
I am not sure what difference it makes really. And to be fair to the Examiner it was the first (official source) for the two new signings.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2009 22:37:39 GMT 1
Prob not enough demand for a 'late edition' I would guess...
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Post by wonderousworthy on Jun 17, 2009 22:39:36 GMT 1
Prob not enough demand for a 'late edition' I would guess... something to do with the daily mirror owning it i believe or it being printed in Oldham... |
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Post by midlander on Jun 17, 2009 23:03:19 GMT 1
It was the same with The Sentinel down here - printed too early for fixtures - don't think there's much they can do about it! Pre-Internet, I used to rely on the Examiner for everything Town and always found it a good read. I guess that modern technology has made it seem much worse than what it is.
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Post by n7tea on Jun 18, 2009 1:12:45 GMT 1
Is this thread perhaps why that fanzine thing never took off?
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Post by philincalifornia on Jun 18, 2009 5:24:52 GMT 1
Newspapers are a thing of the past. You're just watching the slow death spiral.
It's all good. When they made the decision to constantly lie to the general population for advertising money - that was the beginning of the end. Why would anyone feel compelled to read bullshit, when they can read stuff that somewhat resembles the truth elsewhere ?? Like here !!!
Thank God for the internet.
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Post by betsvigi9 on Jun 18, 2009 7:33:10 GMT 1
Newspapers are a thing of the past. You're just watching the slow death spiral. It's all good. When they made the decision to constantly lie to the general population for advertising money - that was the beginning of the end. Why would anyone feel compelled to read bullshit, when they can read stuff that somewhat resembles the truth elsewhere ?? Like here !!! Thank God for the internet. Hmmmh, agree about the long slow death spiral, but I think that it is actually quite worrying. Until recently, for the last goodness knows how many years, I bought the Examiner every day. Now that it is a morning publication, nobody will deliver it and so now I buy it once a week on a Friday and glance at the online publication, for which I pay nothing. There is no successful online pay model for newspapers and as the number of newspapers decline, so will the choice of opinions. I think that will probably become a very bad thing. If you honestly want to get your "news" off messageboards like this one, then good luck to you. |
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Post by jimmynich on Jun 18, 2009 7:34:14 GMT 1
Good point benhomly---in the 60s you could walk up town after the game and buy a (non examiner) sports paper with all results printed---although you had to quite often turn onto back page for late scores.
Then by time you got home we used to have to wait til about 6.15 to 6.30 to get the examiner as you say with match report.
I believe there is still demand for both of these
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2009 7:45:25 GMT 1
Newspapers will never die. Can't be bothered dragging my computer into the bog when I have a crap!!
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Post by betsvigi9 on Jun 18, 2009 8:51:54 GMT 1
Newspapers will never die. Can't be bothered dragging my computer into the bog when I have a crap!! You could always take your Nintendo DSi in with you!  |
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Post by n7tea on Jun 18, 2009 10:03:40 GMT 1
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Post by ram on Jun 18, 2009 11:33:22 GMT 1
I worked in the Publishing dept. in the 1960,s..Used to go down to the match after early editions,watch most of the game,jump in the van,back to head office,help to pack 50k papers off the press,with the match report in,and home by 6pm by catching the Waterloo van,quick tea and change and back in town in the Boy&Barrel by seven.....happy days!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2009 11:45:59 GMT 1
Newspapers are a thing of the past. You're just watching the slow death spiral. It's all good. When they made the decision to constantly lie to the general population for advertising money - that was the beginning of the end. Why would anyone feel compelled to read bullshit, when they can read stuff that somewhat resembles the truth elsewhere ?? Like here !!! Thank God for the internet. Definitely a thing of the past... same with a lot of magazines - they usually post the same articles on the internet anyway so why waste the money on the paper/magazine. Or on some music forums, articles from magazines are scanned by one person and shared by thousands. I guess it could be a good thing for the rainforest. |
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Post by alexdire on Jun 18, 2009 12:01:59 GMT 1
The best bit is that the paper comes out in the morning. Before the horse racing starts, but it still has tomorrows race cards in it like it did when it was an afternoon paper  . |
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Post by Tez on Jun 18, 2009 12:30:19 GMT 1
Colne Valley Chronicle that was the dogs. Is it still going?  |
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Post by thewrongboy on Jun 18, 2009 13:17:53 GMT 1
I should dearly hope that newspapers don't die out. There's something rather nice about holding and reading a paper.
Personally, looking a laptop screen in the pub, with a pint of ale, doesn't have the same appeal.
They said the same about record shops, if you remember. There's nothing like racing down to a record shop to get your grubby little hands on a record you've been anticipating for some time... reading the sleevnotes on the bus/train home... ahh, nice one.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2009 13:27:48 GMT 1
I should dearly hope that newspapers don't die out. There's something rather nice about holding and reading a paper. Personally, looking a laptop screen in the pub, with a pint of ale, doesn't have the same appeal. They said the same about record shops, if you remember. There's nothing like racing down to a record shop to get your grubby little hands on a record you've been anticipating for some time... reading the sleevnotes on the bus/train home... ahh, nice one. Also, it collates all the news, unlike wome parts of the web where you can end up reading somwthing from a couple of years ago. I don't mind reading on screen or on paper - sometimes its nice to get away from a screen if you work on them. the_wrong_boy |
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Post by cojones on Jun 18, 2009 15:19:42 GMT 1
Colne Valley Chronicle that was the dogs. Is it still going? It is still going but it's full of news from Holmfirth and district! The Colne Valley Guardian was the best one! |
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Post by E4b on Jun 18, 2009 18:56:33 GMT 1
60p a bloody week!!! That's what I used to get paid for delivering t'examiner for 6 days a week, monday to saturday. Suppose the perk of the job was that I would get straight on the round on a Saturday when I got back from the match to read the match report on my way round delivering!! Can remember Bobby Hoy scoring 2 goals in a space of a few minutes for a rare town win in them days and seeing his name in bold twice!!
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Post by jimharrogate on Jun 18, 2009 19:41:56 GMT 1
Sad in a way to see papers decline.
The Daily Telegraph published all the MP's fiddling whereas the BBC doesn't have the guts to do the same and have just become government puppets.
I only started watching Town regularly at 13 with the money earned from delivering the papers all over Upper Hopton whilst at school.
Hope the best ones survive.
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Post by National Rail on Jun 19, 2009 10:46:45 GMT 1
I refuse to buy the Examiner now, it never prints any of towns opinions about Davy and the price is scandalous for the ammount of junk thats in it, I used to do a paper-round when I was younger and used to sit at the top of the hill reading the sport, now it sucks. Big time.
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