Greenwich Time, R.I.P? - Greenwich Round Up says so. I have my issues with this particular blog’s antipathy toward the paper and its former editor, Joe Pisani,whom I like, but but its editor seems to have a direct line into the organization and several former and current
employees. His previous predications about the GT have proved accurate - his latest include a raise in the newsstand price from fifty to seventy-five cents, layoffs of still more staff (there aren’t many left so what are they going to do, fire the custodian?) and its ultimate folding ito a regional paper, based in Bridgeport, with a local news insert.
You’d think that, if there were any business purpose still left for paper newspapers it would be local news, and therefore Greenwich Time should be in a prime location. But a succession of editors has pushed the paper away from that kind of coverage and more toward national and international news, all provided (cheaply, no doubt) by AP. Dreams of Pultizers dancing on dim brains or just cost-cutting bean counters taking control? It doesn’t matter, now.
An after thought: GT has enjoyed a near monopoly on local real estate advertising and charged prices that were onerous. With real estate in the tank and that other large advertiser, car dealers, just as low, who’s paying the bills? Not classified - Craig’s List took those years ago.
So perhaps my first thoughts were wrong: perhaps there is no business purpose left for a local paper.
COMMENT:
THE GREENWICH TIME COULD SAVE IT'S HIDE
OVERNIGHT WITH OUT SPENDING A DIME.
There Is Still Some Hope For The Greenwich Time If It Places A Renewed Interest Into It's Web Site And Local News Coverage.
The first Thing They Should Do Is Open Up Their Vast Digital Of Archive Of News Stories So That Greenwich Residents And Others Would Be Brought To The Web Site In Droves Via Search Engines.
The Greenwich Time Wants $2.95 For Each Of It's 908 Stories On Former Greenwich First Selectman Jim Lash. All Of These Articles Are In A Database That Is Part Of The Hidden Web That Search Engines Can't Reach. No One Is Buying These Old Greenwich Time Articles.
I Have Been Told That The Greenwich Time Doesn't Even Make A Thousand Dollars On These Old Newspaper Articles That Would Drive More Than A Thousand Web Searchers To It's Website Each And Everyday.
Greenwich Pastor Nic Uva Who Maintains Many Blogs Such As, The Daily Spurgeon , Told Me That His Favorite Search Engine Took Him To A Time Magazine Article From December 1941.
Apparently Time Magazine Has Opened Up It's Archive And Put It's Vast Archives On The Web, Thus Increasing Web Traffic To This Time Warner Web Site.
While The Greenwich Time Publisher And Editors Are Putting Their Energy In To A Dinosaur Of A News Delivery Model. Further, The Greenwich Time Is Still Stuck With It's Failed 1998 Web Strategy Of Creating A Walled Garden Around It's Old News Articles.
The Greenwich Time Could Get A Hell Of A lot More Dollars By Putting Google's AdSense Product Next To It's Old News Articles Instead Of Asking It's Newsreaders To Pull Out Their Credit Cards And Complete A Web Form.
But The Knuckleheads Actually Think Web Savvy Greenwich Residents Are Going To Pay $2.95 For Old News Stories.
After The Greenwich Time Frees Up It Web Archive, Then It Could Start Having It's Reporters To Put Links To Related Related News Articles At The nd Of The Story.
Then The Big Shots At The Greenwich Time Should Start Incorporating The Best Of Greenwich Blogs Prominately On It's Web Site. This Will Drive Even Thousands Of More Web Visitors To The Greenwich Time Website. The Journal News Has A Whole Bunch Of Blogs That They Pay Columnists To Write, but The Greenwich Time could probably get all of the Greenwich's Best Bloggers, Except For Chris Fountain, To Post For Free.
It Would Be A Victory For Bill "I Was Banned By The Greenwich Time" Clark To Bring His Greenwich Gossip Blog To The Greenwich Time's Home Page.
Next The Greenwich Time Should Have It's Webmaster Put All Of The Reader Comments Under Each Story. Right Now If You Read A Story Like Cos Cob resists wider street , Then You Must Go To Another Page To Read all 7 comments
Now When A Reader Posts A Comment Like.....
"The article talks about the town having the option of widening roads with X number of houses. I cannot imagine the immediate homeowners would be assessed for that."
You Have To Go Back To The Previous Page To Try And Figure Out What He Is Talking About.
This in inconvenient and discourages posts about the article, as well as, causes others not to read the comments.
Plus, The Greenwich Time Should Say Forget About Craig's List And Put A Link On Their Home Page That Let's Greenwich Residents Put Up Free Classified Ads For Items For Sell In Town.
Then The Greenwich Time Should Get Rid Of Those Annoying Pop Up Ads That Slow Up The Loading Of It's Home Page. The Greenwich Time Has One Of The Slowest Loading Home And News Pages In America.
Lastly, The Greenwich Time Should Meet With It's Cub Reporters Like Colin Gustafson And Tell Them To Grow Some Journalistic Balls Or Get Used To Filling Out Unemployment Forms.
These Simple Steps Will Bring About A Quick Fix That Will Start To Turn Around The Greenwich Time, But A Permanant Change Is Available At GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com For A Very Reasonable Fee.
But The The Corporate Suits At Hearst Newspapers Had Better Hurry, Because The Clock It Ticking At The Greenwich Time.
Here Is Another Love Letter For The Green Kitty Litter Liner
Bill Clarke Tells The Greenwich Time Don't Go Away Mad.
Just Go Away
Greenwich Gossip
The Countdown Begins... ......for the local rag, aka Yellowwich Time (all the fluff and non-news that's fit to print). Oh, and don't forget the yellow journalism that Bill Rowe began to publish some years ago, aided and abetted by the increasingly ridiculous and marginalized Joe Pisani. Joe has been fired, of course, but continues to spew forth his solipsistic nonsense at the equally marginalized Greenwich [Dumb as a] Post. And now it appears that the ax is hovering over most of what's left of the staff at the pathetic LR.
The Countdown Begins... ......for the local rag, aka Yellowwich Time (all the fluff and non-news that's fit to print). Oh, and don't forget the yellow journalism that Bill Rowe began to publish some years ago, aided and abetted by the increasingly ridiculous and marginalized Joe Pisani. Joe has been fired, of course, but continues to spew forth his solipsistic nonsense at the equally marginalized Greenwich [Dumb as a] Post. And now it appears that the ax is hovering over most of what's left of the staff at the pathetic LR.
To add insult to injury, rumor has it that the LR plans to hike the newsstand price of its pulp from fifty to seventy-five cents. That's 50% more for just about 100% less. Anyone who takes out a long-term subscription to the rag these days might as well be buying stock in Lehman Brothers.
As a harbinger of things to come, the LR's former parent, the Tribune Company, has filed for bankruptcy under Chaper 11 today. Luckily, they took advantage of the "greater fool" theory by offloading the local mess last year to the Hearst Corporation. But the Hearst people are not as foolish now as they were then; they have marked Yellowwich Time for the death it has so richly deserved for lo! these many years. And few if any tears will be shed over its grave.
Such a pity that the grave is likely to be unmarked. The former offices on East Elm Street are filled only with ghosts, at least at the time of your scribe's last visit. Joe Pisani's whiny voice still echoes amidst the dust and ashes of the former home of the newspaper he so ably helped to kill with his slanted reporting and biased editorials. But alas, your scribe has no place to lay the bunch of wilted flowers he has been saving for just this occasion.
RIP, Yellowwich Time. Your days are numbered, and karma is finally catching up with you for all your past misdeeds. And remember, dear reader, just hang up if you get one of those spam calls asking you if you'd like to subscribe. You might as well toss your money down the nearest sewer grate...and with that not unapt analogy, your scribe bids you good day for the nonce.
On Second Thought Maybe Bill Clarke Would Not Be Willing To Have Greenwich Gossip Featured On The Greenwich Time Home Page.
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