tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post1101527331663571270..comments2024-03-23T09:42:36.833-05:00Comments on Uptown Update: "Gay Chicago" Goes Web-OnlyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-86229849384962954682011-10-01T22:28:27.218-05:002011-10-01T22:28:27.218-05:00Just to mention it, panhandlers often try to sell ...Just to mention it, panhandlers often try to sell the freebie newspapers like this to tourists, when I first moved to Chicago a wild-eyed guy shoved a copy of the Onion in my hand, and then asked for a dollar.<br />I gave it back to him.Organic peregrine terra cotta bricolage cruelty- free locally outsourced maple nut crunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897850935620128528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-50662601175067063192011-10-01T20:00:37.906-05:002011-10-01T20:00:37.906-05:00There's more to this story than meets the eye:...There's more to this story than meets the eye: competition from GRAB & Boi mags (GRAB being operated by a former Gay Chicago biz-partner), the collapse of ChicagoFreePress and the subsequent hiring much of their editorial staff by Gay Chicago. <br /><br />Gay Chicago is going through this transition not because the market has destroyed its print viability, but because of other business relationships and straying from its niche. <br /><br />Its future viability is tenuous at best.The Public Square Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04884576056661685183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-31015938402907492242011-09-30T15:28:16.567-05:002011-09-30T15:28:16.567-05:00A lot of publications face this. There was talk ag...A lot of publications face this. There was talk ages ago (years before the iPad) that large newspaper companies were going to give away Kindles, free, with newspaper subscriptions. Just like a free phone with a 2 yr cell phone contract. This Kindle idea was to cut costs and keep those agencies alive. But American's were not ready for that innovation so the idea drifted until the release of the iPad. Now more than ever we need to cross that threshold and move into a digital age where we can buy magazines/newspapers on our "tablets" and read them instantly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com