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chaglang wrote:Clean design and layout. I'm curious to see what the front page look like.

A lot like this I'd guess.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-tr-letters5-2009jul05,0,4019551.story Raves, faves for Kansas City BBQ LETTERS July 5, 2009 The author of that piece had an even funnier blog post about what a robbery renting a car at Kansas City's Airport is this days. http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog...

Unfortunately, neither the Star nor any other paper has figured out how to make money with their online product.  They need to figure it out fast, or there isn't going to be anything left to sell. Yeah, McClatchy is going to earn a mere $200 million from digital this year, so I guess they're a long...

The problem is not with the Star, it's with their owners, McClatchy.  That company has enormous, crippling corporate debt and their newspapers are cutting expenses to help the mother ship lower that debt.  The Star itself is still making a profit, but not enough to feed the corporate beast. [glow=r...

For those of us who did not grow up or attend MU or KU,

But do go on, this is most entertaining.

NEWS, BUSINESS By the first day of spring, two of the big P&L restaurants will have closed. Details emerge that cast the whole Funkhouser/Gloria arrangement in a new and unexpected light. A jaded electorate is too lazy to do much about him other than let him serve out his term, but hope he will...

The Pitch noticed that the publisher of the Omaha paper sent out a "pep talk" plagiarized from Zieman at the Star. http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2008/12/omaha_world-herald_publisher_l.php And we wonder why newspapers are in trouble? The Pitch ought to follow-up a just teeny bit more.

The problem isn't that the Star is losing money.  It's actually making money.  The problem is that the Star is making enough money to satisfy its new owner. This, this, this is The Star's problem. It has a lot of money-losing cousins in Florida and California, places that benefited greatly from the...

Beermo wrote: we lost our boss who was in charge of the pressrooom and four other guys.

Jesus - was it d.b. or a.j.?

edit: never mind beermo, I went downstairs and got my question answered.

And the first name is...classical music critic Paul Horsley.

Over at TV critic Aaron Barnhart's web site which is actually a Star blog anyway. He's also set up a farewell site here for the others who allow use of their name, but no one's on it yet. 

It's the Newspaper Death Spiral. Newspapers will be forced to lay off staff in order to maintain margins. Cuts in services will lead to cuts in editorial coverage, making papers less relevant to subscribers. As circulation declines, advertising rates will have to come down to remain competitive. Thi...

Well, how nice, a Raytown thread. My bicycle helmet and I moved here a year ago, lured by the affordable housing and taxes. I had been looking at Independence because they had a lot of cool old houses...but surrounded by crappy neighborhoods. I agree A lot of the housing stock in Raytown looks just ...

I was bored, my gf was at work, and so on. Plus this board needs to be a little lighter in tone sometimes, if you ask me.

The front end of that critter is mighty handsome, however.

1. 60-102
2. Fifth. The Tigers will be much improved this year.
3. 91. He'll get hit by an errant firework, or the big revolving Dodge truck will roll off its pedestal, down onto the field, and run over his foot.
4. 24
5. Ha. They couldn't win it if they used guns.
6. 8.
7. 24
8. 14,287

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Yes. That's a whole lot of dog anus.



It's just a lot.

WHY STOP THERE? The New Arrowhead can do it all! Here's some more sporting events coming to Kansas City you'll be hearing about before next Tuesday: - The Kentucky Derby, but those turns will be pretty sharp. - The Upperclass Twit of the Year Show. - The 2024 Summer Olympics. Bonus: Raytown will hav...

a post so nice i made it twice.

There's the Replay Lounge at 10th and Mass in Lawrence.

In trying to break down how having sports teams affect the region economically (an almost impossible task), I don't suppose you could find a worse example that the one Jeff Spivak found in today's Star: a guy who spends $3,700 every time he comes to a game. Link (no registration required) ■ Do the s...

you're supposed to be worshipping Katie Horner, damn it.