Friday, February 06, 2009

Things we once said about why we publish papers

"I have always regarded the newspapers owned
by me as a public trust and have endeavored
to conduct them as to render
the greatest public service."

-- Robert W. Bingham, publisher from 1918-37 of The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky. The quotation is set in brass letters on pink marble in the newspaper's lobby.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous2/06/2009 12:26 PM

    I remember the day that the Gannett monster swallowed The Courier-Journal and began the long digestive process. Those words should have been sandblasted away.

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  2. Anonymous2/06/2009 8:36 PM

    12:26 pm is correct.

    The really sad part is that Gannett leadership at the highest levels for many, many years has not understood what "content" means to readers -- they only understand dollars.

    In Louisville and other Gannett-acquired papers --make that read Des Moines -- had first rate reputation(s) for quality journalism. That hasn't been true for years.

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