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New Competition For ‘Metro’?
A few days ago, this ad for an account executive at a “new daily newspaper” in Philadelphia popped up on Mediabistro. Hmm? After a bit of digging and finding a source on the street1, it appears that someone is opening up a new free daily newspaper in Philadelphia. (I’m attempting to confirm who’s starting this paper, but it’s almost Friday afternoon, so, yeah.) Now, one might be asking many questions: Does Philadelphia need any more newspapers? Will this hurt the Daily News in any way? Will this provide additional fodder for Philadelphia Will Do? (Uhh, yes.) But let me share with you my favorite part of this, that I came across while searching for info: The domains amphilly.com and amphiladelphia.com are both actually owned by Metro Philadelphia, which registered them in January 2006. Now that’s some good foresight. (A competitor of Metro New York is AM New York.) So who knows; but there is a “new daily newspaper” headed this way soon. Hey: the more, the merrier. Especially if this new paper sucks, because that’d just make my job easier. 1 Anytime I even come close to writing about some actual news on this website, I attempt to undercut myself sufficiently enough so nobody gets it in their head they should take myself seriously. And, so, as such, yes: One of my sources was a guy I ran into on the street yesterday. Take that how you wish, though it’s much funnier if you assume it’s a homeless guy or something. Account Executive, New Daily Newspaper [Mediabistro] |
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just go to fucking church where you belong and stop investigating stories.
Geez maybe that newspaper will actually write about Philadelphia instead of focusing on national news. And maybe they will take me up on my offer of providing free philadelphia current event/news/celebrity photos for a three month trial period, so that I can get a few credits for my tear sheet. Instead of what the Metro told me, which is they’d rather take them off of the AP photo wire, since they already pay for that service, they said. Today they have 3 local photos, the rest are from the AP
It’s really a shame how the Metro has violated your sense of entitlement. I’m guessing you’re just not a very good photographer.
I might pay you for some photos of Alycia Lane in a bikini.
Does Philadelphia need any more newspapers? Did I read that right? From someone in the news business? I know it’s PW we’re dealing with here, but, uh…
More voices means more competition, which hopefully leads to more knowledge and more perspective and more transparency in a community. It’s a good thing, D-Mac, if for no greater reason than readers might get exposed to better syntax than this:
“But let me share with you my favorite part of this, that I came across while searching for info”
Rough, man.