http://www.mediageek.net/2009/08/chicago-reader-goes-the-way-of-clear-channel-and-leverage-is-the-culprit/ "Eclectic" is just a nice way of saying, "lacking focus" Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:13:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.mediageek.net/2009/08/chicago-reader-goes-the-way-of-clear-channel-and-leverage-is-the-culprit/comment-page-1/#comment-243299 James Samuel Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:20:24 +0000 http://www.mediageek.net/?p=2021#comment-243299 Not much has changed at the Reader, so being owned by a private equity firm doesn't appear to be that big of a deal (at least it has money). Speaking purely as a longtime Reader reader: I think the paper's troubles started when they stopped publishing interesting stories, say, around a decade ago. I'm not just talking about the often-long cover stories -- I'm talking about all the little stories, too, the ones that appeared on the spread with the numbered events and the Our Towns. The editors/owners obviously made a choice to become another arts-and-culture rag, like hundreds of other alternative newsweeklies. Creative Loafing apparently had no idea it had purchased damaged goods and then proceeded to make a bad situation worse. Thankfully, the Reader still has Ben Joravsky and Michael Miner. Not much has changed at the Reader, so being owned by a private equity firm doesn’t appear to be that big of a deal (at least it has money). Speaking purely as a longtime Reader reader: I think the paper’s troubles started when they stopped publishing interesting stories, say, around a decade ago. I’m not just talking about the often-long cover stories — I’m talking about all the little stories, too, the ones that appeared on the spread with the numbered events and the Our Towns. The editors/owners obviously made a choice to become another arts-and-culture rag, like hundreds of other alternative newsweeklies. Creative Loafing apparently had no idea it had purchased damaged goods and then proceeded to make a bad situation worse. Thankfully, the Reader still has Ben Joravsky and Michael Miner.

]]> http://www.mediageek.net/2009/08/chicago-reader-goes-the-way-of-clear-channel-and-leverage-is-the-culprit/comment-page-1/#comment-215797 AEM Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:13:22 +0000 http://www.mediageek.net/?p=2021#comment-215797 How did I miss this? Thanks for keeping up on it Paul. How did I miss this? Thanks for keeping up on it Paul.

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