Thursday, January 09, 2020

Who's wrong, Southern Newspapers or TPA?

Southern Newspapers continues to run an ad in the Texas Press Association's "Messenger" newsletter advertising its printing services.

Just one problem.

As Southern sold its Sulphur Springs newspaper, and I presume the printing plant with it, to Moser Community Media nine months or more ago, the ad claiming that it has printing services in Sulphur Springs is ... not true.

Knowing enough facts, vs myth, on Southern, I assume it's Southern's fault for not updating the ad, rather than TPA accidentally pulling in an old one when it's been sent a new one. If it's on a contract of any length, it will probably be running like that another year from now.

OTOH, Moser's own website hasn't been updated since before he bought the News-Telegram.

What this really shows is that "the do more with less" of the modern, cutting, newspaper chain is not only not true, it's not true at headquarters, either. But, if you're reading here, you already knew that, didn't you? Did you go vote on Glassdoor?

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