tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post2534182482139009111..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: Day 63 of MUC and day 16 of MOC, and it's innovative, agile digital day for the reptiles ... otherwise known as blame the ABC day ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-49904829053437525892016-05-24T07:09:38.159+10:002016-05-24T07:09:38.159+10:00It's why DW, the pond will hang on every word ...It's why DW, the pond will hang on every word the superannuated dropkick will now scribble to see if there's the slightest hint of self-awareness. Thus far, not the faintest sigh, not a flicker or a spark ... just witlessness and delusional hope and a complete failure to understand the folly of alienating swathes of potential readership ... and now they can't even give it away at airports ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-49318108033041135012016-05-23T16:15:18.673+10:002016-05-23T16:15:18.673+10:00Hi Dorothy,
Mitchell considers the fact that seve...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />Mitchell considers the fact that seven out of 10 Australians would never pay for his old papers output as something to boast about. <br /><br />It’s therefore no surprise that both circulation and advertising revenue plummeted at The Oz whilst Mitchell was in control. <br /><br />Under his tenure the editorial tone became ever more strident and along with the increasingly hysterical opinion pieces that he green lit, set out to denounce those deemed “class enemies”.<br /><br />The list grew over time starting with the obvious targets of “the greenies” and “the leftists” who admittedly were unlikely to read The Australian anyway. However it wasn’t long before “the doctors’ wives” were causing concern and then came the menace of “inner city elites” who were suspected of being “progressive”. “Chardonnay sippers” and “latte drinkers” were also picked out for opprobrium. <br /><br />More and more groups were considered to be politically suspect and in return the number of readers who were still ideologically pure enough to want to purchase the rag nose-dived.<br /><br />Finally the crime of being “Tertiary Educated” was enough to be denunciated. Presumably by this stage Mitchell had declared “Year Zero” at Holt Street and even the wearing of glasses could lead to the suspicion of intellectualism.<br /><br />No wonder the advertisers walked away. Why bother attempting to sell expensive luxury goods to a well paid and a well educated demographic in a newspaper that goes out of its way to vilify that very group.<br /><br />If he considers that a “premium product” and that people will part with cold hard cash for it, tell him he’s dreamin’.<br /><br />DiddyWrote<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-34289393780500767972016-05-23T14:14:56.590+10:002016-05-23T14:14:56.590+10:00Ahhh, 'freemium' content. Isn't that ...Ahhh, 'freemium' content. Isn't that just the best?<br />Mercurialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531202189169082683noreply@blogger.com