Comments on: Metro is now No. 1 paper in Montreal (kinda) http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/07/metro-newspaper-no-1/ Can you think of a better name? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Christian http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/07/metro-newspaper-no-1/#comment-22780 Christian Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:28:56 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/07/metro-newspaper-no-1/#comment-22780 What if a non-journalist working on a free daily happen to publish a blog? Does the double-negation turn the person into a real journalist? Talk about a profession with an identity crisis. What if a non-journalist working on a free daily happen to publish a blog? Does the double-negation turn the person into a real journalist? Talk about a profession with an identity crisis.

]]> By: princess iveylocks http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/07/metro-newspaper-no-1/#comment-22751 princess iveylocks Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:01:54 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/07/metro-newspaper-no-1/#comment-22751 Question: if readership for everyone is increasing, isn't it a victory for everyone? I read free dailies (for all of two seconds) and oftentimes enjoy a futile game of Sudoku. I also read magazines and online copy from the major dailies. I don't buy physical copies because... they're inconvenient to read on the fly or under the desk when the boss isn't looking. Too many inserts, too much ad crap spilling out, etc. Question: if readership for everyone is increasing, isn’t it a victory for everyone?

I read free dailies (for all of two seconds) and oftentimes enjoy a futile game of Sudoku. I also read magazines and online copy from the major dailies. I don’t buy physical copies because… they’re inconvenient to read on the fly or under the desk when the boss isn’t looking. Too many inserts, too much ad crap spilling out, etc.

]]> By: Tim http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/07/metro-newspaper-no-1/#comment-22708 Tim Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:59:11 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/07/metro-newspaper-no-1/#comment-22708 Not exactly true that Metro is only distributed on the island. Transcontinental has an agreement with McDonald's to distribute them at their restaurants throughout the metropolitan area. I can't dig out the press release for it but I know for a fact that McDonald's as far out as Saint-Basile-le-Grand, some 25km from off-island, received it daily as late as last year. Of course, this distribution is much sparser and it wouldn't make for as nice a number for Metro International if we consider the peripheral areas. I guess the question local for-sale dailies need to ask now is: what are we doing wrong? Not exactly true that Metro is only distributed on the island. Transcontinental has an agreement with McDonald’s to distribute them at their restaurants throughout the metropolitan area. I can’t dig out the press release for it but I know for a fact that McDonald’s as far out as Saint-Basile-le-Grand, some 25km from off-island, received it daily as late as last year. Of course, this distribution is much sparser and it wouldn’t make for as nice a number for Metro International if we consider the peripheral areas.

I guess the question local for-sale dailies need to ask now is: what are we doing wrong?

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