Next time you get the paper, take a look at how thin the classified ads are – that’s lost revenue.

The shrinkage of the paper is from advertising revenues dropping. That’s it. Soon, I doubt we’ll even have a print edition to talk about. Look at what happened in Seattle:

http://www.kirotv.com/news/18941041/detail.html

Bill

Colorado won last night, to stay ahead of Atlanta. The NY Islanders, in the 3rd period, are leading the Chicago Blachkhawks, 3-1. So, they’re not “tanking it,” either. And, clearly, Atlanta is not in “Operation Tank it” mode either. I repeat, 10-4-1 in the past 15 games.

And, the team is in the midst of a 5 game winning streak, post TRADE DEADLINE. Anyone missing Schneider or Havelid yet? Christensen??

I have to say, the thought of starting with Hainsey, Enstrom, and Bogo as our top 3 blueliners going into next season with X, Oystrick, Valabik, Salmella, and the Chicago kids/Nikulin battling it out for the rest of the spots is not nearly as frightening as I would have thought. I’ve always tended to be a “you can never have too much defense)” fan, but while I’d certainly welcome a bona fide shut-down kind of guy, these guys are giving me a little confidence that it’s not the absolute necessity it was just a short while ago.

Granted, a lot of that also rests on Kari keeping up his stellar play of late.

As for the AJC, it’s crazy to think they’d add on right now. Newspapers in general have been on the decline for the past 15 years, +/-, and they’re just as affected by the current economic downturn as any other business, if not more. I don’t like the reduction in sections/features either, but they have to reduce costs where they can. We still get delivery 7 days a week, and probably will as long as it’s offered.

As to the AJC, I have to agree that it has had serious drop in content lately. Don’t see how you can justify making the paper SMALLER in order to attempt to stem loss of readership.

The lack of box scores first became apparent to me with college basketball football season. Now there is nothing except the local teams, if that. Don’t even get the top 25 rankings for college hoops anymore.

I personally am down to a Suaday only subscription and frankly the way that edition has shrunk as of this week, I doubt I’ll be renewing. In these times need to see INCREASE in return on investment, not DECREASE. (Same price, smaller paper, less content is no way to run a business)

Knobler — I’ve got no complaints. For boxscores or other in depth game coverage of the Thrashers I go to the sites dedicated to hockey (TSN mainly) or to the Thrashers (atlantathrashers.com). You give a few interviews or a little information those sites don’t give, and a spiffy forum to discuss the team and events…so I’m happy enough.

To quote Red Foxx, “This is the BIG ONE, Elizabeth!! Daddy’s comin’!” That’s the shock that would put me six feet under. Ask Waddell if he’s a good GM, and he’ll tell you all about it. “Pull up a chair, why don’t you? Make yourself comfortable. It all started when I saw Damian Rhodes steal that Boston series with Ottawa. I KNEW that would be the GOALTENDER TO LEAD US to the Promised Land!”

I guess, Christy, in the end, so long as he re-signs Reasoner, or FINDS BETTER, that’s what matters. He’s the GM. And I’m the “idiot” blogger. He knows far better than any of us what to do.