Sign of the Newspaper Times?

[dewline]

Sign of the Newspaper Times?
Originally uploaded by dwight_ew

I've been seeing messages of this sort in these machines from Orleans to Centretown. A little chilling in one sense, and yet it's a good excuse to actually go to where other people are.

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[mencc1701.livejournal.com]

The Citizen released an article a while ago saying they were no longer cost-effective, outside of a few boxes in the core, hence why they're taking them out of service.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

So long as they keep print ops going.

Eventually, I'd like to see'em pried loose from Canwest Global. Not likely to be tolerated, I'm sure, but it's what I want.

[mencc1701.livejournal.com]

They will for the immediate future, for sure. Long term, it's anyone's guess.

And the way things have been going for Canwest the past few months, who knows, there...

[matthigh.livejournal.com]

It's a buggywhip industry: http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com

[steve-roby.livejournal.com]

When Laura and I took the train into London (Ontario) a few weeks back, we passed what must have been the back of the London Free Press building. There were dozens of newspaper boxes sitting there, presumably pulled from service. So this may be spreading.

[matthigh.livejournal.com]

...Aaaaand, more signs of the newspaper times:

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/18/newspaper-box-gravey.html

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Seems like a bunch of refusals to tolerate being tossed in the scrap heap of history in play. I may be wrong to want them to win, but screw that.

One minor quibble: they count Halifax as a US city?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

You smell "fire sale" in their future?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

And I noticed they corrected themselves on that one. Apparently, that one photo was the result of a city-wide ban of such things. crisper would be one of the regulars here who might better remember the details and history of that instance.

[mencc1701.livejournal.com]

In Canwest's? It's certainly possible. That could go for the industry as a whole, as well, though.