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Hey, it's only been a year and a half. No reason for the Democrat and Chronicle to rush into getting its facts right or anything...

Do the Buffalo folks appreciate just how good they have it, with something resembling a real newspaper?<P ID="signature">______________
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You Mean The Courier-Express?

>
> Do the Buffalo folks appreciate just how good they have it,
> with something resembling a real newspaper?
>
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It was a better environment when Buffalo had two separately owned newspapers as The Courier-Express competed with The Buffalo Evening News. Alas, those days have gone the way of the eight track tape.

Enjoy the texture of the newsprint now, because newspapers' days appear to be waning. Think the 12-24's are turning away from radio? What's happening to newspapers is even more pronounced. Pity, that.

And by the way... who are/were the General Managers under whose watch these Rochester stations alledgedly conducted the questionable acts mentioned in Spitzer's report?
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Re: You Mean The Courier-Express?

> It was a better environment when Buffalo had two separately
> owned newspapers as The Courier-Express competed with The
> Buffalo Evening News. Alas, those days have gone the way of
> the eight track tape.

We here in Rochester still mourn (bitterly, at that) the days when we had two newspapers which, even if commonly owned, had fully competitive news operations.

Even so, pick a day, any day, and grab copies of the News and the Democrat & Chronicle. There's simply no comparison. The News, even without the competition that the C-E provided, still captures far more of the flavor of Buffalo than the D&C does of Rochester. The News has more (and better) columnists, a far more comprehensive features section, a Sunday newshole that's probably half again as large as the Sunday D&C - about the only area where the D&C is reasonably competitive is sports, where some of the veterans are still hanging on.

And you guys have Pergament and Violanti. We have, um, "WNVE 95.1."

> Enjoy the texture of the newsprint now, because newspapers'
> days appear to be waning. Think the 12-24's are turning away
> from radio? What's happening to newspapers is even more
> pronounced. Pity, that.

Agreed - it's not a pretty picture. One can argue, though, that newspapers have brought it upon themselves. The D&C has essentially given up and walked away from the city where Gannett once proudly hung its corporate hat. It didn't have to be that way, and the community is immensely poorer for it. The News is trying, at least, and it has the immense advantage of answering to an owner interested only in the long-term picture, rather than a corporate owner interested only in the next quarter's bottom line.

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Re: The Buffalo-Rochester News & Chronicle

>
> I wonder if Buffett has ever considered launching a
> Rochester edition of the News? I'd subscribe in a heartbeat,
> if he did...
>
You may be on to something here.

As far fetched as it sounds, newspapers like the Buffalo News and the Rochester D&C might best grow their readership by merging and covering the news in a regional AND localized manner.

Shudder, should Gannett be the parent of the two. But if Berkshire Hathaway takes over, there could be a greater commitment to covering news and staffing the paper accordingly.

However, before anybody is tempted to throw rose petals at Buffett, please keep in mind The News went through some very serious staff cuts not long ago, when new state of the art (used, or shall we say "previously owned" as they say in the automotive racket) printing presses were installed.

Hmmmm, when did this turn into the "newspaper board?"

So.... uh, what would happen if newspapers were once again allowed to own radio stations? There. Now it's a radio thread.

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D&C and the Electronic Media

> Hey, it's only been a year and a half. No reason for the
> Democrat and Chronicle to rush into getting its facts right
> or anything...

If you want even more proof of how the local paper is light years behind when it comes to the electronic media, check out their “Radio Dial” section located in the back of the their TV guide.

Just as an example WXXI-AM hasn't featured a jazz format in years, yet the paper has the station listed as carrying jazz. The “Radio Dial” section of the D&C also fails to list WRUR as featuring NPR programming; something the U of R station has been doing now for the past few years. Plus I am not aware that WRUR carries classical music.

What that paper needs is a media editor. Know anyone in the business that can fill that bill? :)<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: The Buffalo-Rochester News & Chronicle

Some things never change. When I lived in Roch, we referred to the paper as something else the letters "D&C" stand for.
 
Re: D&C and the Electronic Media

> Just as an example WXXI-AM hasn't featured a jazz format in
> years, yet the paper has the station listed as carrying
> jazz.

However, they seem to waste no time in printing letters to the editor that complain about electronic media outlets.
 
Now we know why the D&C has yet to run a correction...

They were too busy figuring out where the Blue Cross Arena is located!

So help me...this morning's paper contains a correction to a map that ran Sunday, incorrectly locating the Blue Cross Arena.

For those not intimately familiar with downtown Rochester: the Blue Cross Arena is at the southeast corner of Broad Street and Exchange Blvd.

The Democrat and Chronicle is located at...the southwest corner of Broad Street and Exchange Blvd.

Screwing THAT up takes some real skill, I tell ya.

585-258-2251. Give 'em a piece of your mind. The more the merrier...

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Re: Now we know why the D&C has yet to run a correction...

> They were too busy figuring out where the Blue Cross Arena
> is located!
>
> So help me...this morning's paper contains a correction to a
> map that ran Sunday, incorrectly locating the Blue Cross
> Arena.
>
> For those not intimately familiar with downtown Rochester:
> the Blue Cross Arena is at the southeast corner of Broad
> Street and Exchange Blvd.
>
> The Democrat and Chronicle is located at...the southwest
> corner of Broad Street and Exchange Blvd.
>
> Screwing THAT up takes some real skill, I tell ya.
>
> 585-258-2251. Give 'em a piece of your mind. The more the
> merrier...
>


If you plan to call the D&C remind them that they have two options when it comes to finding the Blue Cross Arena. One is to use Mapquest on the internet. The second would be to look out the window.
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