Sometime in the near future, pagination for the Springfield News-Leader will be done in Des Moines, according to a memo obtained by the Gannett Blog.
All Gannett newspapers will ship material to five design hubs across the country, according to the blog. Of course, it is presented as something marvelous for the newspapers, with information about the jobs that will go by the wayside when the plan is implemented.being relegated to the bottom of the memo.
The newspapers will not be cookie-cutter products, according to the memo:
"No. Flatly, no. That is not the intent at all. The individuality of a newspaper is important. We will preserve that."
I will believe that when I see it.
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Have you seen the News-Leader lately? It has no local character in any of the content. Some type of page lifted from USA Today is stuck inside and the news is whatever comes down the pike from who knows where.
There are not enough pages to wipe with. I mean we are talking about a thin newspaper in more ways than one.
I was told the delivery route that serves me has gone from over 900 daily deliveries from subscriptions two years ago to 86 today. WOW! And I don't mean Wonders Of Wildlife.
It is sad for our city but I must say from some of the stupidity over the last 20 years on editorial content, the chickens have come home to roost and they too are crapping on the NL.
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