Elegy for an Industry

I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Newsie2009 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:44:15 +0000

I Report live from the edge of oblivion, how much longer must we suffer this slow death? While the Auto Industry goes bankrupt, and World War III comes faster than we realize, our industry attempts to cheat death. We are Oedipus, blind to our sins. To be perfectly honest, printing paper copies of the news is over. I recall when we were the most important thing in social consciousness.

Did you catch this story?

Gannett Lays Off a Total of 1,400 Workers

This is what we need to confront. But what did we do to deserve this? I recall when we were something to care about it. I wish there was someone to save us. I blame the elderly, who don’t care even to support the institution of their childhood.

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Newsie2009 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:44:02 +0000

This is Alamo, we will be completely defeated. I recall when we had pages of advertisements and high subscriptions. Because Twitter continues to rise as a site for”succinct, meaningful conversation”, and Americans save the money they should be spending, death stares us straight in the face

Look at this link:

Hachette Shutters Metropolitan Home

I blame cheap computers, for taking away our final value: our inexpensiveness. that there was a god, and he would save us Seriously though, people don’t read the news.

when the mountains shall be set moving, when the pregnant camels shall be neglected

Newsie2009 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:16:42 +0000

God save you friends. We are The Last of the Mohicans. I recall when we were something to care about it.

I blame Dick Cheney, he got deals for Haliburton, how about tax cuts for our national institution? there was a solution we could discover Seriously though, this is where it all ends.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.

Newsie2009 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:00:26 +0000

The end of days continues, and when shall we finally expire? This is The Charge of the Light Brigade, I feel we are doomed friends. Remember when we were the most important thing in social consciousness? Now we must go quietly, and proudly from this life into the next.

Take a look at this:

Reshuffling, Reimagining at OK!

I blame Dick Cheney, he got deals for Haliburton, how about tax cuts for our national institution? that there was a god, and he would save us Not to be the bearer of bad news, this is not something that we’re gonna recover from.

the evil spirit born with you, will come now and count out your evil deeds with black pebbles. Then you will be frightened, awed and terrified.

Newsie2009 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:50:22 +0000

Think of former glory you, my familial paper news peers. While the Obama regime continues to socialize the country, and Apple computers continues to steal money from our consumer base for their socialist projects, we newspapers look for some sort of way to still be relevant. We are Oedipus, blind to our sins. Let’s be honest with our selves, this is the twilight of the gods. Remember when we were the lifeblood of a city? Now darkness sets in.

This is why we are dying. In this might we finally face the truth? Remember when the profits were high? Now we are less than worthless. I wish there was a solution we could discover. The thing is, we are just part of the industrial death thats happening in this economy.

I too will become nothing. Likewise all will become nothing.

Newsie2009 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:16:16 +0000

Final thoughts must now be considered, death now drags our industry off. We are Oedipus, blind to our sins. I recall when we were the lifeblood of a city.

I think that this is the fault of our own industry, ignoring new technology. that the American people would start a grass-roots campaign for us Let’s just admit it, the future doesn’t have us in it, we belong to the past.

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city.

Newsie2009 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:14:30 +0000

Think of former glory my print brethren. This is The Sinking of the Titanic. I recall when we fought with each other for regional dominance.

Take a look at this:

In Media, Nothing You Do Will Ever Be Enough

This is why we are dying. Maybe someone other than us will care? Like the dinosaurs, I suppose, all good things must come to an end I wish that I didn’t have to write a”blog” to be relevant. Once again, I repeat This is the meltdown at Chernobyl, we’ve made too many mistakes to survive.

There followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth.

Newsie2009 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:06:29 +0000

A Thousand returns children. We are Wily Loman, deliriously following some long dead American dream. Remember when we would stay up all night laying out the paper by hand, before all this digital crap? Now darkness sets in.

Check out this story:

Boston Globe Gets a Stay of Execution

This is a death notice. Perhaps there is someone outside our brotherhood who cares? I recall when we invented’truth’. I wish that I had something to believe in, but I don’t. I blame cheap computers, for taking away our final value: our inexpensiveness.

Although your body be hacked to pieces, it will live again. and cause great pain and torture.

Newsie2009 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:35:35 +0000

This is The Charge of the Light Brigade, I feel we are doomed friends. Remember when we were the news? Now we are killed by our progeny. As the Auto Industry goes bankrupt, and national test scores decrease, the kindle comes to kill print culture

Did you catch this story?

Communications-School Graduates Receiving Grim Messages

This is why we are dying. In this might we finally face the truth? There’s failure all over this country now, and you know how’s fault it is? The New York Times and all those liberals who elected Barack Obama president. I wish this was something that was gonna turn around. Once again, I repeat This is Alamo, we will be completely defeated.

People seldom find their way To this wide and desolate plain.

Newsie2009 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:34:44 +0000

This is The Charge of the Light Brigade, I feel we are doomed friends. I recall when we fought with each other for regional dominance. While Rush Limbaugh blathers on, and people spend more time”on line” than with family members, we newspapers look for some sort of way to still be relevant.

Check us this most recent documentation of our death:

Literary Giant Betsy Perry Would Rather Burn Out Than Fade Away

This is a death notice. Could there be a better illustration of our ineptitude? Remember when we were the news? Now we are dead already, even as we think when we can escape death. I wish that we didn’t have to be the ones on duty when the ship hit the iceberg. I blame Steve Jobs who made our youth think”beyond” the newspaper and radio and media of yesteryear.