he was so interesting back in 2017 or so. visited philly and we met with him at billy penn and he was sharp and engaged.

John I'm on a plane to Seattle and this is a rough crowd atm

Can Confirm it was a miserable morning at PHL.

This kind of obituary, with photos of Rick as a newlywed, is The Way, and Kristen does a wonderful job writing with grace and deep care for her subject -- and her friend.

weird around here at this hour.

I ... was also there and I would posit that my kids, for instance - in their 20s - are not on FB and don't want to be. They're TikTok and YouTube first. And they prefer video; I think it's at least partly generational.

IDK, I hear you as someone who loves the written word, but in my experience people under let's say 35 are vertical video- and story-first. It's remarkable.

And then came the internet to unbundle everything. Smartphones put the internet in everyone's pocket. The bill for that sweet public money from Wall Street started coming due, and the way to keep margins up was to cut costs. And here we are. Hearst won, which is better for Dallas.

Getting acquired by 'good' chains (Knight papers, etc.) that had gone public was sound business practice. Times Mirror, once a pretty big conglomerate, threw off massive profits and kept acquiring. PM papers died. Mergers - Timeses and Heralds became Times-Heralds - created local ad monopolies. 2/

dan how many of these get absolutely wrecked by squirrels

spiedes, though, are really outstanding.

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