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[deleted] t1_izpc04i wrote

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DuvalHeart t1_izs982q wrote

Unfortunately a lot of newspapers insist on the same amount of content, but in a smaller format. So games have to be fit into tighter spaces. If you contact them they might make an adjustment to give more room.

Cryptoquotes are always trouble because you have to balance space between the lines (some people do the puzzle above the line and others below it) with type size.

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[deleted] t1_izsehir wrote

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DuvalHeart t1_izsfaro wrote

Newspapers are in a weird spot because they're vitally important and making money. But private equity parasites are never happy and think that you can cut your way to profitability. They want to bleed newspapers into good health.

They're obviously wrong. People are willing to pay for quality.

Good news for Philly is that the Inquirer is owned by a non-profit and is healthy. Be glad that you're not in a Gannett or McClatchy market. They're really screwing things up.

Edit: to make it more clear, newspapers have a private equity problem. Not a readership or revenue problem.

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[deleted] t1_izsiuml wrote

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DuvalHeart t1_izssrq2 wrote

Sometimes I wonder if the suburbanization and carification of American society isn't a big part of the downfall of newspapers. If you're driving everywhere you miss those opportunities of time to read a paper or do a crossword.

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