Stafford Newsletter - Are they having a laugh?

Feed The Goat

Feed The Goat

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Just been reading the Newsletter from cover to cover as I had 35 seconds to kill. The paper came out on Thursday 26th December. I particularly appreciated the TV listings guide for the 3 days BEFORE the paper was printed which took up all of 6 pages. Many Thanks, Newsletter. Seriously it just makes me sad because I'm old enough to remember when the paper was one of the best weeklies in the UK, now it is loaded with inaccuracies. wrong names on the wrong pictures etc etc, week in week out. The price goes up and the quality comes down.
 
John Marwood

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Feed The Goat said:
Just been reading the Newsletter from cover to cover as I had 35 seconds to kill. The paper came out on Thursday 26th December. I particularly appreciated the TV listings guide for the 3 days BEFORE the paper was printed which took up all of 6 pages. Many Thanks, Newsletter. Seriously it just makes me sad because I'm old enough to remember when the paper was one of the best weeklies in the UK, now it is loaded with inaccuracies. wrong names on the wrong pictures etc etc, week in week out. The price goes up and the quality comes down.
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There is clearly not much of a business model left for newspapers , local or national, hence a lack of staff to write and check a newspapers stories

This is bad news for anyone who believes in fairness, as matters of local interest will go unreported and 'big business' will be better abled to spin their interests more profitably without us finding things out until too late . There is no reason why any local newspaper should continue if it does not make a profit.

Given this - how do you propose that this can be rectified in the interests of the locals?
 
henryscat

henryscat

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Feed The Goat said:
Just been reading the Newsletter from cover to cover as I had 35 seconds to kill. The paper came out on Thursday 26th December. I particularly appreciated the TV listings guide for the 3 days BEFORE the paper was printed which took up all of 6 pages. Many Thanks, Newsletter. Seriously it just makes me sad because I'm old enough to remember when the paper was one of the best weeklies in the UK, now it is loaded with inaccuracies. wrong names on the wrong pictures etc etc, week in week out. The price goes up and the quality comes down.
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Actually it came out on Christmas Eve.
 
Feed The Goat

Feed The Goat

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Other towns of a similar size to Stafford manage to have a quality weekly paper. Perhaps we could write to the Newsletter and ask why it isn't very good.
 
henryscat

henryscat

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As far as I know, at least one Newsletter reporter is a forum member, so perhaps you could provide some constructive feedback at same time as asking any questions....?
 
proactive

proactive

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Feed The Goat said:
The paper came out on Thursday 26th December. I particularly appreciated the TV listings guide for the 3 days BEFORE the paper was printed which took up all of 6 pages.
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Your main gripe in this thread appears to be that, because you bought the Newsletter late, on the 26th, (rather than the 24th when it was actually published) the pages that covered TV programmes for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were of no use to you. Perhaps, if you wrote to the Newsletter and told them precisely what dates you intend to buy the paper, they could tailor an edition specially to your requirements?

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Can't they manage to put the right date on the front cover?
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This seems to be standard industry practise when publishing weekly or monthly papers/magazines at this time of year. My copy of Autocar, dated 25 December actually arrived on Monday 23rd. Seems a bit unfair to criticise the Newsletter for simply carrying on this tradition. Likewise many monthly publications arrive nearly a full month before the month published on the cover.

Feed The Goat said:
Just been reading the Newsletter from cover to cover as I had 35 seconds to kill.
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Then why buy it if that is the way you feel?


Writes not the Newsletter's greatest fan...
 
John Marwood

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords
proactive said:
Your main gripe in this thread appears to be that, because you bought the Newsletter late, on the 26th, (rather than the 24th when it was actually published) the pages that covered TV programmes for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were of no use to you. Perhaps, if you wrote to the Newsletter and told them precisely what dates you intend to buy the paper, they could tailor an edition specially to your requirements?


This seems to be standard industry practise when publishing weekly or monthly papers/magazines at this time of year. My copy of Autocar, dated 25 December actually arrived on Monday 23rd. Seems a bit unfair to criticise the Newsletter for simply carrying on this tradition. Likewise many monthly publications arrive nearly a full month before the month published on the cover.



Then why buy it if that is the way you feel?


Writes not the Newsletter's greatest fan...
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Something Must Done!
 
Withnail

Withnail

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Also, and i may have mentioned this before, the links from the News from Staffordshire Newsletter have stopped working...
 
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