Comments on: MORE CRUEL CUTS AT THE PRESS-TELEGRAM, AND IT’S GONNA GET CRUELER

By: bj holland

bj holland — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:38:17 +0000

I hope one of the people sent packing was the one who chose to put the
new white house pooch on the front page and the tribute to the fallen soldiers in Iraq on the inside. I think if newspapers acted as newspapers
again instead of super market tabloids they would be much better off.
I can recall when in the not too distant past we actually got news in our newspapers.

By: Neena Strichart

Neena Strichart — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:56:41 +0000

Thank goodness for us free local weeklies/bi-weeklies/webnews/etc.
Wish I could afford to hire those folks the PT has let go. There is some great talent out there looking for work – I hope they find it soon.
-Neena Strichart/Publisher, SIgnal Tribune

By: Fritz Milas

Fritz Milas — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:28:26 +0000

What the PT is going thru is another sign of the times. If you live in Long Beach, the PT is the only connection to the community on a daily basis. Other weekly newspapers are fine but their coverage is limited. I will continue to support the paper, I know it “aint what it used to be”. If it fails, only the L.A. times will be left. The OC regrister is an alternative but it pretty much concentrates on Orange County news. Nothing local here. So, either support it or lose it, it is that simple.

By: wrongbeachjohn

wrongbeachjohn — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:43:16 +0000

I dumped the tele-rag a year ago in disgust, and there's not much on their internet site worth reading; a few minutes a day spent at most. I gave up an almost 50 year habit. My brother used to deliver the Independent going back when Stearns was a dirt road. It's truly sad.

Do like I do, and subscribe to the LA Times. The tele-rag, regardless of the fine employees whom are left, is not worthy of our support.

By: someguy

someguy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:01:59 +0000

I was chatting with my parents who have subscribed to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune (sister paper of the PT) for 30 years about these cutbacks across the company... They don't see any reason to keep their subscription since that paper doesn't meet their expectations as consumers.

I'm certain the PT subscribers feel the same way.

I myself subscribe to the LA TImes and hope it doesn't look this bad for them in a years time too.

By: msaunders1028

msaunders1028 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:59:46 +0000

Another take on this story here too: http://www.562citylife.com/profiles/blog/show?i...

By: msaunders1028

msaunders1028 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:59:19 +0000

Many alternative news sources these days… The District is great, so is lbreport.com and 562citylife.com…

By: Coastal Advocates

Coastal Advocates — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:31:02 +0000

We are hearing that if they cut Joe Segura loose, many of us will cancel our subscriptions, several spanning 4,5 or more Decades. It is quite sad to see our community paying the price for Dean's mistakes elsewhere. Several of us delivered the paper back in the day too, when the Independent, and the PT were delivered daily. What a fine, comprehensive, learned , local institution we used to have.

Many of us think that two of the Editors are largely to blame for much of the present problem too. This hard right, anacronistic, putative know it all syndrome mixed with business at any and all cost mentality. Oh ya, and Gary DeLong can do no wrong, he has been annointed, he walks on water. Uh huh.

All of the regular reporters do fine work. Several of us keep our subscriptions going because we kind of feel sorry for guys too. Best of luck gentlemen.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:24:50 +0000

Once again this really sucks. I hate what Singleton has done to what was once a really good newspaper. Greed is an ugly thing.