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Going glossy diminishes the prominence of the classifieds
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By the time the redesign happened last fall, classified ads were just about gone. All that remained was the pull-out 'Adult' section. That survives (at least until this week) as the separate tabloid 'Boston at Nite' which has its own newsboxes.
 
Ron Newman said:
Actually, 'entertainment news' is the biggest thing people will miss about the Phoenix: reviews, listings, and ads for bands, concerts, live theatre, art exhibits, obscure movies, and other cultural events all over the Boston area.
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That's... exactly what I just said.

That stuff is cheap to produce and brings in readers which brings in advertisers.
Unfortunately, the Phoenix was also foolishly spending money on actual journalism (and journalists) which brings in neither.
 
Cultural coverage is not cheap, either. And the Phoenix had a lot of it. Several of their past film critics have gone on to major national publications.
 
statler said:
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say 'loved'.

It's not a very good paper. Most people just read for something to do other than stare at each other.
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+1. A good architecture analogy to Metro would be that old chestnut, "it's better than a parking lot!"
 
I'm normally not a huge fan of 9gag, but this.....oh this is right up my alley!

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datadyne007 said:
Fun side note, when I was in New York a while back, I asked a newsstand worker where I could find a Metro (I knew a NY edition existed) and he flat out laughed at me. It's nowhere near as popular/prevalent there as it is here in Boston.
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They hand them out at the subway station near where I work...to the people leaving the station. #doingitwrong
 
The Metro is clearly assembled by a computer program from AP blurbs. I get angry at myself for even reading it and I feel dumber afterwards. I used to actually enjoy the the local arts and entertainment sections of the Phoenix while riding the T. But no one's interested when they've got a smartphone, iPad or Kindle. The average MBTA train car at rush hour probably contains more consumer electronics than a Best Buy sales floor. That's most likely what really killed the Phoenix.
 
briv said:
The Metro is clearly assembled by a computer program from AP blurbs. I get angry at myself for even reading it and I feel dumber afterwards. I used to actually enjoy the the local arts and entertainment sections of the Phoenix while riding the T. But no one's interested when they've got a smartphone, iPad or Kindle. The average MBTA train car at rush hour probably contains more consumer electronics than a Best Buy sales floor. That's most likely what really killed the Phoenix.
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I think the Metro is fine. It's like reading a paper version of Twitter and Facebook news feeds. The stories are quick snips of what's going on in Boston, the country, and world. The opinion section is always hilarious and their crosswords are great. It's a free newspaper. I'm not going to expect NYT quality reporting. I just want today's headlines and something to pass the time on the T. A good majority of riders still don't have service underground (all Verizon users), so the cell phone argument isn't as strong... yet.
 
F-Line to Dudley said:
That explains why FNX's best talent went to RadioBDC instead of staying with the namesake. They knew what shoes were dropping next.
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Actually, most of the talent went to Boston.com before the Phoenix even thought of going online only. The Phoenix, realizing they missed the boat, quickly announced an online only WFNX.
 
http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201303/urban-explorers-gq-march-2013
By day they work as computer programmers and stock boys and academics. But at night they are known as urban explorers. The Brooklyn Bridge, London's Shard, Notre Dame—each structure is an expedition waiting to happen. Each sewer, each scaffold, each off-limits site is a puzzle to solve. No wonder the cops are after them. Matthew Power embeds with the space invaders and sees a world—above- and belowground—that the rest of us never knew existed
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^ Whoa!

But if any of you 1) want to see Gentlemen Hall play, and 2) are dedicated alcoholics that want to start celebrating St. Patrick's day at 8 am then come on down to the Black Rose tomorrow.

It should be an interesting gig since I'll barely be awake and definitely won't be drinking at that time since in my old age I've become a lightweight and hate drinking when it's daylight out.
 
Can we make a march madness bracket for archboston usernames. We got some good ones, but who is #1.

In the future, I think having a best comment bracket would be great. With certain division for the crazy political, T proposal, best critique, hysterical.

Someone with more time and creativity than me will have to take over from here. I'm an ideas man.
 
"Yes, honestly. I'm telling you, it's true, our president is a negro."
 
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