tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post7086365919772303319..comments2023-06-06T12:42:51.141-04:00Comments on Herald Watch: Dan Le Batard, Company ManHenry Louis Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-87364163105127910452008-01-03T09:36:00.000-05:002008-01-03T09:36:00.000-05:00Well I don't want my money to pay for Ana Menendez...Well I don't want my money to pay for Ana Menendez' salary and that's why I don't buy the Herald. But the newspaper is a business and at the end of the day if it doesn't provide coverage of the news stories that people want it will die. And there are hundreds of thousands of people that want to see sports covered. And if you're going to cover something you have to cover it well or...Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-52540863605236580782008-01-03T09:30:00.000-05:002008-01-03T09:30:00.000-05:00I'm not coming at this from the standpoint of the ...I'm not coming at this from the standpoint of the paper's business department, or whatever it's called. I simply think the obsession with sports, like that with celebrities in general, is more than a little excessive. Insofar as I can manage it, I don't want a penny of my money going to either camp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-63794928718394067602008-01-02T21:13:00.000-05:002008-01-02T21:13:00.000-05:00DMQ, Thanks for your comment. Of course the econo...DMQ, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment. Of course the economics don't change whether the paper is graded on curve or not but Dan Lebatard is not "people" he's a columnist that's been around the block a few times. <BR/><BR/>And of course I could argue that that budgets like fixed expenses for talent could increase if revenues went up. But its hard for revenues to go up when people are dumping Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-23047800008592856002008-01-02T20:51:00.000-05:002008-01-02T20:51:00.000-05:00Whether or not people grade their newspapers on a ...Whether or not people grade their newspapers on a curve that takes its limitations into account doesn't change the fact those limitations are still there. If you have $100,000 to fill three copy positions then you have to hire 20-somethings, no matter how badly the public wants to read stories more thouroughly and competently edited. Blood from a stone. Oh, and to "not a penny", take sports and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-53617615122446141702008-01-02T13:14:00.000-05:002008-01-02T13:14:00.000-05:00If you want to sell newspapers to those millions o...If you want to sell newspapers to those millions of people who enjoy reading about rich grown men with serious attitude problems playing games, aka pro sports, then yes. Otherwise the Herald and other newspapers can continue their slow slide into oblivion.Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-80966764567390876652008-01-02T13:08:00.000-05:002008-01-02T13:08:00.000-05:00Wait, you mean we need even MORE attention, time a...Wait, you mean we need even MORE attention, time and resources devoted to rich grown men with serious attitude problems playing games, aka pro sports? Uh, I DON'T think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com