tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096467.post9085736082746224504..comments2023-06-27T06:55:55.562-05:00Comments on Sempringham: Minneapolis Star Tribune Files Bankruptcy PetitionSempringhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14097820110236090973noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096467.post-67346774176093984942009-01-17T20:24:00.000-06:002009-01-17T20:24:00.000-06:00Much as we'd like to think so, the epidemic of dea...Much as we'd like to think so, the epidemic of death among newspapers and other print publications has little to do with their quality, their political leanings or their corporate citizenship. It has do do with the ability of modern information technology to give people the notion that publishing enterprises that cost millions of dollars to maintain should be available to them for free, nothing, nada, zilch. I, for one, am sad to the Trib fallen to this state. It is another signal of the end of an era. --Inkstained WretchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096467.post-31213461958763081662009-01-16T19:04:00.000-06:002009-01-16T19:04:00.000-06:00As a past employee of the "Strife and Tribulation"...As a past employee of the "Strife and Tribulation", perhaps it is better that they just go away. I know they are supposed to be a "liberal leaning" newspaper, but they have decimated their unions, turned their paper carriers into "contract labor",<BR/>etc.<BR/><BR/>We had a human resources meeting once. They told us to prepare to work longer hours for less pay so we could compete with third world countries.<BR/>What this had to do with the newspaper business, I have no clue.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps its best they just disappear into the sunsettroutayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890447950305607314noreply@blogger.com