tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post3735589658870878082..comments2024-03-04T12:34:21.190-05:00Comments on Toronto Sun Family: 1971 - 2021: Whig guttedToronto Sun Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371905107394425335noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-46433974945856094802009-06-09T10:20:37.036-04:002009-06-09T10:20:37.036-04:00Point of clarification..... Whig won't be down...Point of clarification..... Whig won't be down to 10.... will be 17 or 18. Five minus 20 something doesn't get down to 10.... maybe 10 union plus management but won't be down to 10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-24392790579305484552009-06-08T13:30:13.539-04:002009-06-08T13:30:13.539-04:00Well in another situation where national is killin...Well in another situation where national is killing local, national columns will now run four days a week instead of three as was first introduced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-84972222295319595702009-06-08T12:53:00.783-04:002009-06-08T12:53:00.783-04:00Quebececor might think 10 people is enough but rea...Quebececor might think 10 people is enough but readers will certainly notice the difference and eventually this has to end.<br /><br />I laughed when I read the Whig-Standard history with a comment from PKP when he bought the Osprey papers<br />"While the expectations of Canadians are changing, the constants remains the value of solid editorial content, credibility and the ability to reach Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-70232720320119002792009-06-07T03:01:12.419-04:002009-06-07T03:01:12.419-04:00Does it worry anyone else that the last time the W...Does it worry anyone else that the last time the Whig got hit (http://torontosunfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/whig-axes-4.html), the rest of the chain got the same treatment a few weeks later? If Quebecor thinks 10 people is enough to produce what used to be one the flagships of the Osprey chain, that might not bode so well for papers with lower circulation than the Whig (every Osprey paper but St.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-34112960369923732172009-06-05T18:54:38.114-04:002009-06-05T18:54:38.114-04:00PKP may attempt to sell off newspapers, but becaus...PKP may attempt to sell off newspapers, but because of what has happend to this industry as a whole here and in the US, no company is going to want to buy newspapers anymore. I think we're stuck with Sun Media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-8397079674790538302009-06-05T17:58:12.971-04:002009-06-05T17:58:12.971-04:00I give PKP two years before he attempts to sell th...I give PKP two years before he attempts to sell the papers after he realizes what a mess he or his lackeys have made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-59015271217520508592009-06-05T16:04:11.996-04:002009-06-05T16:04:11.996-04:00I worked for both Thomson and Southam, the latter ...I worked for both Thomson and Southam, the latter in the Conrad Black era. I think, overall, that Thomson was the best chain to work for, other than the old Southam pre-Black. Thomson had its flaws and was far from perfect, but I was actually treated well by that company overall. Too bad Thomson isn't still in the newspaper business (other than stake in Globe).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-27978233009385706682009-06-05T15:09:19.487-04:002009-06-05T15:09:19.487-04:00Today's Whig is a shell of what it used to be....Today's Whig is a shell of what it used to be. <br />It's a damned shame.<br />What was once a very original, respectable newspaper is now just another Sun Media cookie-cutter Big Mac production.<br />What PKP is doing to our industry is sickening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-73303987948719350582009-06-05T15:08:37.464-04:002009-06-05T15:08:37.464-04:00They were cheap, but they were newspaper people.They were cheap, but they were newspaper people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-82688176851948084052009-06-05T11:36:46.674-04:002009-06-05T11:36:46.674-04:00Oh for the days of Thomson and Hollinger. They may...Oh for the days of Thomson and Hollinger. They may have been cheap, but they were never as dumb as this company seems to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-9986497632726752532009-06-05T09:03:59.672-04:002009-06-05T09:03:59.672-04:00Just a tiny note of clarification. Mark Bergin was...Just a tiny note of clarification. Mark Bergin was a full-time photographer, Tim Gordanier was deputy news editor and Mike Onesi was assistant features editor, I believe.<br />Apparently, the entire paper will be paginated elsewhere (probably at a new Centre of Excellence?!?!?!?) and anyone left will now become some kind of a reporter. <br />I assume keeping the other five on as reporters wasn&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com