Comments on: P&C: SOS or RIP?

By: Ben McC. Moise

Ben McC. Moise — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:40:20 +0000

It seems that most of the print media is suffering these days and have been in a steady circulation slide for the last four or five years, so the P&C’s position is not terribly unusual. The question of its relevance to popular community interest has been an issue throughout its history with many papers springing up over the years to fill the needs of different interest groups. A lot of them are long gone and others continue to spring up. The old girl has been around for a long time. I wouldn’t count her out any time soon. What would people have to complain about and disagree with in her absence. I could not imagine my mornings without the P&C or my afternoons without the International Herald Tribune.

By: PC Coker

PC Coker — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:02:59 +0000

David,
Is there a Charleston blog the equivalent of the Citizen Report?

PC Coker

By: west_rhino

west_rhino — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:08:54 +0000

’tis a sad day when The Chronicle is by far more relevant than its WASP cousin down the street.

Dave, if you’d indulge a tangent, how long does it take a cumyah to become a binyah? I suspect that may offer a guide as to the relative potential for P&C

By: Specter

Specter — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:28:11 +0000

They don’t seem to cover the stories that are pertinent to my community any more it ‘s like they are from another Country. They need to take there journalism more seriously and really report the news I think they would see sales increase if they would get off the Globalist band wagon. It’s there personal politics that’s killing them. People don’t buy that crap$$$

By: west_rhino

west_rhino — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:04:18 +0000

I hear the sage advice of Grace Kutkus echoing the hallways, “You could do that, but I’d advise against it.” Seems to be a paralell of what’s happened to the Saturday schedule at the former foundation of Chucktown’s talk radio circuit… Kirkman could have taken Citadel Broadcasting in a knife fight after ClearChannel yanked one franchise player from their lineup, alas David, we know the lack of wisdom that let one of the most eloquent and least obstriperous local talk host slip from the airwaves.

Side note, during her undergrad days in a quiet liberal arts school out of state, the P&C and The State were dangled as two extremes of journalism from a hundred or so miles apart. Alas P&C was not offered as the cream of the crop in that example and I’ve not observed a great improvement since.

By: Danny Petterson

Danny Petterson — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:13:11 +0000

Dave, I’ve always thought you should be in charge. So, the question is: What would the Post Courier be like if David ran the third floor? Ahhhh, the mind reels……………………..
D

By: Jean Townsend

Jean Townsend — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:39:29 +0000

When the price of my subscription jumped stubstantially a few months ago, I cancelled – I can read enough on the web. Recently I was sent a “please come back” postcard in which I was offered the P&C at $2.00 a week – now that was more like it so I re-subbed for a year. Doubt that I will renew, because the paper isn’t “the paper” it was years ago. Nothing much to it now. Oh for the good ole days.

Keep up your good work, David. We need you now more than ever!

By: Chris Hall

Chris Hall — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:36:09 +0000

I too hope it will survive but I would not hold my breath. Cost per thousand. How much does it cost you as an advertiser to reach a thousand people? That number is probably not very good right now for the overwhelming majority of “hard copy” newspapers. I guess it’s mostly a matter of whether all of us who prefer real newsprint – the way it smells even – or actual bound hardback books in our hands are dinosaurs or if this “trait” will be passed on.