Tulsa World lays off 3% of staff

[Hoss]

I find this somewhat funny; my mother (who lives me) takes the daily paper.  Got a nice notice in the mail today that the rates were going up (for subscribers, not single issues).  She had been paying every six months for all days, which was $108.  It's now going up to $120.  I found the timing hilarious.  Layoff 18 people, hike the subscription rates.

Oh, but they did say for those who were subscribers, starting April first the electronic edition would no longer have a separate charge to view.

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They are following the Turnpike Authority' methods:

Not enough business, raise rates.

[Gaspar]

Politics aside, the World does a better job of covering issues like open records and corruption that broadcasters just gloss over.

They should capitalize on their nitch then. 
Just cover the boring stuff. 
They could get rid of most of their pages and save trees!

The could re-brand as Coupons & Corruption.

[BKDotCom]

DVR

¿People DVR the local news and/or Wheel-o-Fortune?

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¿People DVR the local news and/or Wheel-o-Fortune?

Why not? 

[DolfanBob]

As a kid. I threw the Tulsa World and the Tulsa Tribune.
It was a great way to get me to start the road of responsibility.
There is something to be said for kids who got up early, met at the bundle drop off place, folded and rode off on a bicycle to deliver the news.
Now that has all been replaced by papermen instead of paperboys.
I havent subscribed to the paper in well over a decade. Loss of interest brings loss of revenue and soon after, Loss of the paper. Like the Tribune.
Who cares anymore if their picture is in the paper if you can be seen online. Sad really.

My Grandfather always took the paper and saved them to recycle even way back then. That was a big gripe of mine is that they piled up so fast. And recycling them for what you got was more of a headache than anything else(sorry Mike)

[RecycleMichael]

My Grandfather always took the paper and saved them to recycle even way back then. That was a big gripe of mine is that they piled up so fast. And recycling them for what you got was more of a headache than anything else(sorry Mike)

Not any more. Newsprint pays my bills.

I get seven cents a pound now. There were newspapers right before Christmas that were five pounds in weight.