http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/10/as-the-columbian-goes/ How newspapers are using technology and conservative politics to destroy themselves Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:58:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/10/as-the-columbian-goes/#comment-70 Flowerboy Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:18:35 +0000 http://www.whapwhap.com/?p=85#comment-70 As one of the first bits of infrastructure chopped away to allow the new direction I am nonetheless sad that the paper has come to this pass. I am at least twice weekly in the neighborhood of the new edifice and frequently see former colleagues who still cling to the remnants. I question the statement that the leaders are "a proven team of mavericks ... suited to bring about the necessary changes." That team has pared the wood-fibre product down to a pitiful reminder of better times, and the newly remade website is considerably less useful that the previous version. As one of the first bits of infrastructure chopped away to allow the new direction I am nonetheless sad that the paper has come to this pass. I am at least twice weekly in the neighborhood of the new edifice and frequently see former colleagues who still cling to the remnants. I question the statement that the leaders are “a proven team of mavericks … suited to bring about the necessary changes.” That team has pared the wood-fibre product down to a pitiful reminder of better times, and the newly remade website is considerably less useful that the previous version.

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