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RE: US Help Wanted Classified Ad Revenue alone fell from....

Posted on: June 2, 2017 at 13:15:17 CT

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I live in Houston. I've heard stories that during the '80s both Houston newspapers (there's only one now) would send truckloads of their Sunday papers to Detroit because people there would buy them for the help wanted ads.

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significant loss for Tiger fans.... - GapDaddy MU - 6/2 07:24:50

Good journalist - MakeShift MU - 6/3 10:24:44

A tremendous loss IMO - hoosierdaddy MU - 6/2 19:45:09

Always enjoyed David Morrison, too........nm - HDTiger MU - 6/2 17:06:24

Joe can write with humor or pathos equally well - ERB KC - 6/2 14:10:22

As a supplier to the newspaper industry, it's sad to see - Tigerfish MU - 6/2 09:34:32

They can't afford the content because the ad revenue is gone - Grasslands MU - 6/2 11:34:11

he might be able to get a job as a stars scientist (nm) - phrejd MU

- 6/2 09:07:33

Say it ain't so! - tigersailor MU - 6/2 08:58:06

Watch for TB poster whose posts increase exponentially and - Mo Texan MU - 6/2 09:07:14

For those keeping score - Tptiger MU - 6/2 08:09:42

It's like being owned by Wal-Mart - ERB KC - 6/2 14:11:34

RE: For those keeping score - Rabbit Test MU - 6/2 09:24:54

The Trib was losing money under local ownership. - GapDaddy MU - 6/2 08:54:21

You're right about classified ads - hou4mu MU - 6/2 09:51:08

Amen to that.(nm) - ERB KC - 6/2 14:12:30

US Help Wanted Classified Ad Revenue alone fell from.... - GapDaddy MU - 6/2 10:25:23

RE: US Help Wanted Classified Ad Revenue alone fell from.... - hou4mu MU - 6/2 13:15:17

Their focus was always commercial printing - Tigerfish MU - 6/2 09:37:39

link to you saying this would happen?(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 6/2 08:50:55

Deserves our thanks and respect for his coverage - samclemens MU

- 6/2 07:48:45

RE: Deserves our thanks and respect for his coverage - BruceInLA MU - 6/2 14:55:03