tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290852657659744490.post7998976439949607729..comments2023-12-30T03:04:00.787-08:00Comments on Sentinel Watch: 52 and CountingMaria Padillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04315405481805174227noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290852657659744490.post-58588840488301587152008-07-30T13:13:00.000-07:002008-07-30T13:13:00.000-07:00I worked at the Sentinel from 1980 to 1998, and wa...I worked at the Sentinel from 1980 to 1998, and watched corporate culture slowly take over a good local paper. Back in the days of cold type it was just too expensive to run a paper to be of much interest to corporations. Innovation brought an appetite for growth, efficiencies and bottom-dollar results. The Sentinel got greedy for ad dollars -- charging more than the market could bear-- and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290852657659744490.post-28520099321331595882008-07-30T07:56:00.000-07:002008-07-30T07:56:00.000-07:00Can't wait to read your take on the announcement m...Can't wait to read your take on the announcement memo posted on Shrinking Sentinel. Seems a lot of people are getting promoted in the wake of the burying of others.<BR/>Please write soon....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290852657659744490.post-4717981916668383272008-07-29T18:53:00.000-07:002008-07-29T18:53:00.000-07:00What a shame. So many good people now gone, includ...What a shame. So many good people now gone, including Scott Joseph. I wanted to ask him what happened to a couple of former restaurateurs, too.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, I understand newspaper cutbacks due to the Internet, higher costs and less revenue, but how worthless can a newspaper become before subscribers drop like flies? With each layoff, the quality of content really recedes and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com