Why the News Is Going Out of Business

How is it in this day and age of declining newspapers and traditional media that this many sports reporters still have work?

Because a lot more people enjoy sports compared to "indy" music, book readings and lame community events...

I customized my Google News with "+seattle -sports -soccer -soccer -soccer -douche* -fuckwits -hipster -gangs" and received the following:

0 stories matched your query.

suggestions:

- unclench your sphincter

- try being nice for a change

- left lane is for passing only, and turn signals signal weakness

- move to PDX, and:

- smoke more dope

Normally, if I see any reference to a Portland that isn't followed by Maine, I start spewing hate speak and mocking gondolas.

But that was pretty damn funny Mr. Unregistered User. Bravo.

Interesting thought. I guess. So the sports section is why newspapers are doing well still? Oh, wait...

Also, who says I don't like sports? Or sports writing?

My point was that sports is one of the few areas that are doing well for newspapers, which is why there's an emphasis. Seems pretty straightforward to me.

News organizations are looking for places they can provide information and services nobody else can, or at least does, and that have a lot of interest. Guess what? There's a ton of interest in sports -- whether it's the established pro teams, the Sounders, the Huskies or high school sports. (In fact, high school sports are among the most popular features of many newspaper sites.)

60,000 people go to Seahawks games, and many more than that watch on TV. Name anything else in Seattle that draws that much interest on a regular basis. Why wouldn't newspapers give them heavy coverage?

I'm always fascinated by people who decide that, because they're not interested in a subject, nobody else should be, and anything written about that subject is crap. I don't follow "American Idol" or "Dancing With the Stars," but I can recognize that millions of people do.

No, I think it's a sign that media hasn't realized they can't stay in business printing stories for men to read on the crapper anymore. But @1, yes, this is the problem with newsservices in the age of aggregation. All a load of a crap, crap that was crapped while not reading the sports page.

I think it's due to "man coverage" creep, Jeremy.

many of those are the same article written by the same writers carried by different organizations