Seattlest: MURDER BEATING ABUSED KILL; P-I Rocks Out Its Headline

Robin Evans

Fri, 12 May 2006 16:19:35 -0800

Yeah, but the SF Examiner went that way only after the monopolistic Hearst Corp dumped it, bought the Chron, and cancelled the two papers' JOA. Since the monopolistic Hearst still enjoys a JOA here with the monopolistic Times, they may as well try something to kickstart the thing -- if only to get better terms for the paper's eventual death. I agree they should go with frequent headlines like this on the broadsheet while they try to convince the Times to print it as a tabloid. Go out with some fight and spirit, I say.

Michael

Fri, 12 May 2006 14:20:45 -0800

That's the direction the SF Examiner went to distinguish itself from the Chron. (Here's a beautiful pdf example.) It was a grudging slide, involving a number of redesigns, and led to it becoming a free daily. In 2004 the Fangs sold to Philip Anschutz and it's been insulting finer sensibilities ever since.

Seth

Fri, 12 May 2006 13:54:45 -0800

If there's a chance in hell that the P-I could compete with the monopolistic Times, it would be by changing into a tabloid. Give us some gossip, some left-slanted bias--something! If I were a consultant I would say you need DIFFERENTIATION IN THE MARKETPLACE!!!