Comments on: Mercury News cuts 101, as advertising income plummets

By: Rethinking the Merc

Rethinking the Merc — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:15:03 +0000

[...] to the San Jose Mercury News. After a series of demoralizing cuts that seemed destined to precipitate the newspaper’s slide into oblivion, [...]

By: F Ho

F Ho — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:06:21 +0000

It is sad to see this happen. However, I am surprised when you wrote “(t)his latest took everyone by surprise”. I thought this was a main concern for MediaNews taking over SJMN; from my point of view the Knight-Ridder sale dragging on was a roller coaster ride, with sale to McClatchy being a high point and the mood reversing when the subsequent sale was announced. The smart ones are those that jumped ship before this happened (I am not trying to be harsh here, as one has to land another good job first). Didn’t the same thing happened to the Oakland Tribune some years back when MediaNews bought it?

By: Startups.in/India

Startups.in/India — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:12:33 +0000

That’s sad. But what about the revenues from Merc’s online site? Isn’t that compensating to an extent? May be if they are doing so bad offline then it is time they focus driving up the revenues from their online presence. As someone wisely said “Opportunities are never lost — someone else will take the ones you miss.”

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:53:04 +0000

Well, they got hammered in real estate in particular. Who is going to a newspaper to look or real estate these days? It’s hard to tell exactly where it’s going, but you can be sure it is mostly online.

By: Joseph Hunkins

Joseph Hunkins — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:48:50 +0000

Wow – is this simply from the migration of offline to online ad dollars?

By: Kempton

Kempton — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:17:39 +0000

Sad day indeed. I’ve come to read and trust Mercury News as a good source of news about the Valley. I hope MN can get through this rough patch and be stronger. Good luck and all the best to everyone at the MN and those that will sadly be leaving.

Kempton
Canada

By: Brian Solis

Brian Solis — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:39:22 +0000

It’s sad and I hope they’re looking at tapping the Valley’s best and brightest to help them stop the bleeding and explore new ways to generate revenue – especially since the economy is encouraging businesses to loosen the purse strings again.