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Internet Kills LA Times National Edition

Doc Ruby writes "The LA Times announced that it is folding its national edition on 12/31/04. The Times spokesperson said the paper's mission has been to reach 'key Washington, D.C., and New York audiences,' and that 'other electronic ways of reaching those audiences became more plentiful.' The folding edition will be replaced by "remote printing" by NewspaperDirect, and their email highlights, Top of the Times. Is this the way all our newspapers will be going?"

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  1. This is news? by mat+catastrophe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Egon told us 20 years ago that print was dead.

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  2. Re:Please help me with windows! by spac3manspiff · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news:

    Internet Kills local user's Windows XP Home

  3. yes, but if newstands have to close down, by way2trivial · · Score: 3, Funny

    where on earth will I get my porn?

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  4. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot reported today it will start a print edition.

    1. Re:In other news... by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 2, Funny

      "The new technology journal has been experiencing slow sales. Industry peers suggest that it may be because they have now published seventeen issues with the cover story "FRIST POIST!!1!ONE!"

  5. Re:No by Ralph+Yarro · · Score: 2, Funny

    you cannot beat a real newspaper simply because you read it on the fly.

    True. Then again, sometimes it's hard to read a real news paper because you've beaten it on a fly. Still very handy to have though.

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  6. Re:Blame the Internet by mrtroy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well the Internet did kill the video star...

    It was only natural, video had been asking for it ever since it killed the radio star.

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  7. Re:Please help me with windows! by CPM+User · · Score: 2, Funny

    Before he does anything drastic like returning it, it might just be a simple error like not having enough peanut butter on his CD's.

    Get your windows CD and cover the shiny side ( don't make the mistake of putting the butter on the label side, we'd laugh at you then ) in a nice even layer about 5mm thick and place it in the drive and restart your computer.

    Aftr this simple step, viruses will not bother you again.

  8. Twas ever thus by Our+Man+In+Redmond · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't find it on the web to verify it, but I believe it was newspaper icon H. L. Mencken, some seventy years ago, who said, "I asked the bellhop to bring me a newspaper. The poor fellow must have been deaf, as he brought me a copy of the Los Angeles Times."

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