Comments on: Why I’m disappointed by Inside Worcester http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2010/01/06/why-im-disappointed-by-inside-worcester/ "When things speed up hierarchy disappears and global theater sets in." --Marshall McLuhan Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Noah Bombardhttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2010/01/06/why-im-disappointed-by-inside-worcester/comment-page-1/#comment-616408 Noah Bombard Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:04:50 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/?p=2407#comment-616408 Oh, man, I was off my game today. That's what you get when you take a week off. Thanks, though! Oh, man, I was off my game today. That’s what you get when you take a week off. Thanks, though!

]]> By: Mikehttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2010/01/06/why-im-disappointed-by-inside-worcester/comment-page-1/#comment-616362 Mike Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:37:11 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/?p=2407#comment-616362 Noah--nice use of video at http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines ! Noah–nice use of video at http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines !

]]> By: Noah Bombardhttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2010/01/06/why-im-disappointed-by-inside-worcester/comment-page-1/#comment-616359 Noah Bombard Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:31:37 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/?p=2407#comment-616359 I actually wasn't very excited when I heard Inside Worcester was coming out. It's a bit like someone at the turn of the 20th century saying "hey, let's start horse and buggy company!" while auto manufacturers were popping up everywhere. It was an idea spawned too late and seemed to simply do more of the same with the hopes of doing it better. Print media continues to decline for reasons beyond lack of quality. The idea that you can start a new paper or magazine and somehow succeed just because ... well ... we're not them, shows a lack of understanding of the state of the industry -- or the information world we now live in. That being said, it takes a lot of courage and resources to start any new business and particularly one in publishing. You don't have the history and resources of publishers that have been around awhile. So, I certainly have to credit them for actually getting something off the ground. I actually wasn’t very excited when I heard Inside Worcester was coming out. It’s a bit like someone at the turn of the 20th century saying “hey, let’s start horse and buggy company!” while auto manufacturers were popping up everywhere. It was an idea spawned too late and seemed to simply do more of the same with the hopes of doing it better.

Print media continues to decline for reasons beyond lack of quality. The idea that you can start a new paper or magazine and somehow succeed just because … well … we’re not them, shows a lack of understanding of the state of the industry — or the information world we now live in.

That being said, it takes a lot of courage and resources to start any new business and particularly one in publishing. You don’t have the history and resources of publishers that have been around awhile. So, I certainly have to credit them for actually getting something off the ground.

]]> By: Jeff Barnardhttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2010/01/06/why-im-disappointed-by-inside-worcester/comment-page-1/#comment-616260 Jeff Barnard Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:14:55 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/?p=2407#comment-616260 I was pretty excited at the outset... but the bloom is definitely off the rose. I was pretty excited at the outset… but the bloom is definitely off the rose.

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