This is what happens when you run regional newspapers at 20% profit
Page three of today’s Sheffield Star. Bottom of the nibs column.
So yeah, “cat doesn’t need rescuing” is probably the weakest story you’d want to print in a regional newspaper on any given day.
You certainly wouldn’t want to print it twice.
Page seven of today’s Sheffield Star.
Printing a crappy story once may be regarded as a misfortune. Printing it twice looks like carelessness.
Using the word “stranded” twice in the first par (hat tip: Sarah Whittle) is…well…
Johnston Press chief Ashley Highfield recently gave an interview in which he boasted that all their papers ran at a “healthy” profit margin of over 20%. Good to know maintaining that level of profit in a contracting industry hasn’t had a noticeable effect on quality.
This is what happens when you run regional newspapers at 20% profit
Page three of today’s Sheffield Star. Bottom of the nibs column.
So yeah, “cat doesn’t need rescuing” is probably the weakest story you’d want to print in a regional newspaper on any given day.
You certainly wouldn’t want to print it twice.
Page seven of today’s Sheffield Star.
Printing a crappy story once may be regarded as a misfortune. Printing it twice looks like carelessness.
Using the word “stranded” twice in the first par (hat tip: Sarah Whittle) is…well…
Johnston Press chief Ashley Highfield recently gave an interview in which he boasted that all their papers ran at a “healthy” profit margin of over 20%. Good to know maintaining that level of profit in a contracting industry hasn’t had a noticeable effect on quality.
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