Comments on: Who Are These Guys? – Douglas Flynn

By: T.J.

T.J. — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:01:24 +0000

You’d be surprised actually, most local papers are in a slightly better spot in terms of overall health than the bigger regionals. National and regional papers simply don’t have a monopoly on what they cover. Other than name recognition, they have no niche. Local papers still have that. If you want to read about a small community, you read the paper. If you want to read about the country, you can go 100 different places. That doesn’t hold true for the sports department (at least the professional beats) but for the other desks it’s still the case.

But when 80% of your costs are newsprint, fuel, and trucks, it’s only a matter of time until you need to find a new name for what you are.

By: Corner Blitz

Corner Blitz — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:29:30 +0000

Ambrose Burnside,Muttonchop,and an extra in The Friends of Eddie Coyle.

By: MarkB

MarkB — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:43:05 +0000

Memo: Always smile when they take your picture – otherwise, you look like the guy on “We Just Caught Another Perv.”

By: NSW

NSW — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:02:37 +0000

Gad…saw that pic and I thought I was on America’s Most Wanted…nice chops…too bad it’s not 1974 anymore.

He’s a good writer, though.

By: Rick Mc

Rick Mc — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:45:02 +0000

From what people have been saying about the CT sports coverage, anybody in Hartford should be throwing themselves at a Boston or NYC paper.

Before the internet and this site I wasn’t aware of the extent of suburban papers’ coverage of the teams. I have to think that the crushing economics of the newspaper industry are hurting the locals worse, or at least whatever pain they are feeling is easily alleviated by dropping relatively expensive sports coverage for newswires.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:11:56 +0000

I wonder what’s going on with that Herald job opening. Not much said about it lately. People like Doug and David Heuschkel in Hartford and Chris Price at the Metro would have to be a few of the local candidates (no idea if they would even be interested though). They’re running out of time if they want the new writer in place before the season starts.

By: Lance

Lance — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:59:30 +0000

Never heard of him until this post. Interesting articles and informative. Hank H should offer him his first born to write for the Herald – but he’s probably not Chicken Little enough.

By: Guntfather of Sports Radio

Guntfather of Sports Radio — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:49:12 +0000

Turkey Neck, Gunt, likes Hockey.

Approve.

By: john

john — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:54 +0000

Focus on the game itself? How novel? I guess he never plans on making a name for himself.

By: Dylan McKay

Dylan McKay — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:25:28 +0000

Those burns are awesome, no?