Comments on: Tribune’s Zell: Newspaper Home Delivery Likely To Be Replaced By ‘PDFs’

By: 66

66 — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:05:52 +0000

Institutionalized individuals are “cash cows” for the state of New York
Posted on June 28th, 2010

“Nine institutions for New York’s developmentally disabled get nearly $5,000 per person per day in Medicaid reimbursements.” http://www.ire.org/extraextra/

You can’t get $5,000 per reporter a day. The newspapers were cash cows and now the milk is all sour. Home delivery of milk would be nice along with the newspaper. Use the newspaper trucks to deliver milk.

By: 750 mL

750 mL — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:41:35 +0000

He’s right. Then we could just send the papers out by floppy disk. Desktop publishing–it’s the next big thing.

By: jayfred

jayfred — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:35:24 +0000

Sam Zell put in a small amount of his significant net worth to destroy one of the best media companies in the entire world, and screw thousands of loyal employees and retirees in the process. Why would I think Zell knows anything, I repeat, ANYTHING , about newspapers now or in the future?
What a waste of time.

By: millerbeach

millerbeach — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:25:31 +0000

I am sick and tired of this man ruining everything he touches. The Tribune is a shadow of its former self. I learned to read with the Chicago Tribune, reading since I was 8 years old. I cannot believe what a shell the paper has become. Whole sections either gutted or eliminated. It used to be a literary joy to pick that paper up and read…now, not so much. Oh, and he has DOUBLED the price of home subscription while cutting it to shreds. Then, take a look at what is going on over at WGN-AM, the once-mighty voice of Chicago. Clowns and jokers now roaming the halls and hosting shows. Disgusting. All in the name of greed. Thanks for nothing, Mr. Zell.

By: Racoon

Racoon — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:14:44 +0000

But will those PDFs fit through all the internet’s tubes?

By: John Ridley

John Ridley — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:33:47 +0000

It is flabbergasting that this idiot could be given even one minute to talk about the future of newspapers. People like him – and I have worked for a lot of them – are EXACTLY why there will not be any newspapers in five years or less.

What an unbelievable joke.

By: Rory Moulton

Rory Moulton — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:03 +0000

Does anyone here think Sam Zell, who is essentially a glorified (and highly successful) real-estate broker, has the slightest clue what the future mediascape will look like? If so, I have some oil derived from a mystical Himalayan snake that is sure to increase online revenue by over 50% in the first month alone! Guaranteed ROI. Full payment up front, of course.

Zell understands real estate — well enough to get obscenely rich off of it — not media in its current or hypothetical state. There couldn’t be more diametrically opposed businesses than real estate and media. Real estate is a commodity driven by speculators. And his highly leveraged acquisition of Tribune Co. (which, ahem, included the valuable real-estate assets Tribune Tower and Times Mirror Square) calls into question his intentions and long-term commitment to the media industry.