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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Sad to hear
This is legitimately sad to hear, and the strangest part is that many of Stuff's community titles were making money, unlike their daily mastheads. Many journos are seeing this as an opportunity to have a crack at these communities independently, so hopefully it's not the last we see of some of these papers (or at least something similar in an area).
There's still great money to be made in real estate advertising for small papers - the weekly Oamaru Mail has about 20-30 pages of house ads in there every week.
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Wait, the herald has “premium content”?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11999816
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Wait, the herald has “premium content”?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11999816
Somewhere in the archives back when it was still a broadsheet...
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I'd pay, for the whole thing to be behind a paywall I can't access.
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Interesting article, I wonder if the author ever contemplated getting a life?
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@jegga what's next, too much sand on beaches, some mountains are too high?
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@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga what's next, too much sand on beaches, some mountains are too high?
It’s got to be a hoax surely? What kind of miserable fluffybunny gets worked up enough to write an article about observations towers being overrated
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga what's next, too much sand on beaches, some mountains are too high?
It’s got to be a hoax surely? What kind of miserable fluffybunny gets worked up enough to write an article about observations towers being overrated
He's just salty because he never got to interview Starbrite and Clark about the details of their first date....
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@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga what's next, too much sand on beaches, some mountains are too high?
It’s got to be a hoax surely? What kind of miserable fluffybunny gets worked up enough to write an article about observations towers being overrated
He's just salty because he never got to interview Starbrite and Clark about the details of their first date....
How far away do you reckon that Aussie journo was from asking what position Starbrite Jr was conceived in?
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On one hand, that journo is a creep. Seriously, asking a PM those kind of questions is beyond crass and stupid when he could be asking actual important questions about policies and issues.
On the other hand, Rainbow Brite and Gaylord are doing interviews about baby and dating and other vomit-inducing fluff for fucking everyone, so I guess creepy journo thought if I can't beat em, I'll join em.
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@smudge I agree, and feel bad for those communities, especially the rural ones. Losing meaty and relevant local content in exchange for more Stuff fluff is pretty rubbish. One of the reasons I left Fairfax all those years ago, because I saw the trend moving towards bullshit advertorial content rather than news, and if I'm going to be in marketing/PR rather than journalism, fuck being paid (top of the scale) 34k.
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@mokey said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga LOL. I just thought the same thing. Nothing about the Herald nowadays is worth paying for.
Ffs. Exhibit A
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12002611
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@mokey haha yep, how many of these headlines entice you to click (only to have been mislead by the headline as well)
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@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@mokey haha yep, how many of these headlines entice you to click (only to have been mislead by the headline as well)
There’s a chrome upgrade which shows which articles are overseas ones with misleading headlines to make you click on them apparently
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@jegga what I mean is often a headline (even NZ articles) have a sensationalist thumbnail headline, but click in and actual headline is more sedate.
Anyone would think they get something out of the clicks...
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@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga what I mean is often a headline (even NZ articles) have a sensationalist thumbnail headline, but click in and actual headline is more sedate.
Anyone would think they get something out of the clicks...
I hear you but another one of their tricks is to put up a headline and you click on it thinking it’s happening here when it’s on the other side of the world
Here’s the app
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@mokey said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga LOL. I just thought the same thing. Nothing about the Herald nowadays is worth paying for.
Ffs. Exhibit A
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12002611
Phew, I was worried about Jacinda's credibility but now that Rebel fucking Wilson has praised her I can rest easy.
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