Why is there simply the smallest possible blurb in today's paper previewing tonight's bowl game? I grew up with the Sun-Times & really enjoy the easy to read 'book' format of that paper, but for the love of all that is good & holy I can't take them ignoring NIU at every possible turn! It sucks & I'm done with 'em!!! Thanks for the constant attention, Tribune. #SunTimesSucksAss

simple answer to your question - YES

I ride with Freddie Mitchell and the Tribune all day er day

(12-23-2014 03:17 PM)Huskie73 Wrote:  

Why is there simply the smallest possible blurb in today's paper previewing tonight's bowl game? I grew up with the Sun-Times & really enjoy the easy to read 'book' format of that paper, but for the love of all that is good & holy I can't take them ignoring NIU at every possible turn! It sucks & I'm done with 'em!!! Thanks for the constant attention, Tribune. #SunTimesSucksAss

If you have a subscription just cancel it and the reason = Lack of NIU coverage.

(12-23-2014 03:17 PM)Huskie73 Wrote:  

Why is there simply the smallest possible blurb in today's paper previewing tonight's bowl game? I grew up with the Sun-Times & really enjoy the easy to read 'book' format of that paper, but for the love of all that is good & holy I can't take them ignoring NIU at every possible turn! It sucks & I'm done with 'em!!! Thanks for the constant attention, Tribune. #SunTimesSucksAss

The Sun-Times as you knew it no longer exists. It is a downtown paper only, it recently sold off other papers like the Aurora Beacon-News, Joliet Herald, Elgin Courier-News, to the Tribune Media Group. All that is left of the Sun-Times is a couple editors and columnists, plus a few freelancers they hardly use. Newspapers as we used to know them are dead. Unfortunately, this is / was my profession. As mentioned before, it became the chicken or the egg in reverse. The CEOs and management had to keep getting larger bonuses, so they cut staff -- fewer staff, less gets covered -- less coverage, fewer subscribers -- less subrscribers, fewer ads -- less ads, fewer pages -- less pages, fewer stories needed -- less stories needed, fewer writers and editors needed -- less editors and writers, even fewer stories getting covered -- less stories covered, even fewer subscribers -- less subscribers, fewer revenue available for CEO and management bonsuses / answer, cut staff again. Combine all of that with greater interest in the pro teams (Bears, Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks) and the situation is only going to get worse. Couple all of the aforementioned with the idea that everyone wants everything for free off the internet, and it's been goodbye prep coverage, goodbye college sports, and eventually it's even going to be goodbye ILL-ini, NU scats and Effin Irish.

The Slum-Times enjoys covering Illinois and Notre Dame. Can't wait for that rag's coverage of the big Illinois bowl game. It'll be two pages at least.

I remember their TV listing of the MACC: Bowling Green vs. TBA.

Yes, the Slum-Times doesn't give a rat's ass about NIU.

(12-23-2014 03:55 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  

(12-23-2014 03:17 PM)Huskie73 Wrote:  

Why is there simply the smallest possible blurb in today's paper previewing tonight's bowl game? I grew up with the Sun-Times & really enjoy the easy to read 'book' format of that paper, but for the love of all that is good & holy I can't take them ignoring NIU at every possible turn! It sucks & I'm done with 'em!!! Thanks for the constant attention, Tribune. #SunTimesSucksAss

The Sun-Times as you knew it no longer exists. It is a downtown paper only, it recently sold off other papers like the Aurora Beacon-News, Joliet Herald, Elgin Courier-News, to the Tribune Media Group. All that is left of the Sun-Times is a couple editors and columnists, plus a few freelancers they hardly use. Newspapers as we used to know them are dead. Unfortunately, this is / was my profession. As mentioned before, it became the chicken or the egg in reverse. The CEOs and management had to keep getting larger bonuses, so they cut staff -- fewer staff, less gets covered -- less coverage, fewer subscribers -- less subrscribers, fewer ads -- less ads, fewer pages -- less pages, fewer stories needed -- less stories needed, fewer writers and editors needed -- less editors and writers, even fewer stories getting covered -- less stories covered, even fewer subscribers -- less subscribers, fewer revenue available for CEO and management bonsuses / answer, cut staff again. Combine all of that with greater interest in the pro teams (Bears, Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks) and the situation is only going to get worse. Couple all of the aforementioned with the idea that everyone wants everything for free off the internet, and it's been goodbye prep coverage, goodbye college sports, and eventually it's even going to be goodbye ILL-ini, NU scats and Effin Irish.

very good analogy, as someone who used to work in the journalism industry, the writing was on the wall for me when they were gathering the same people who worked in the newspaper industry for 20+ years and tried to figure out how to combat the new technology of the "internet." It was like asking the typewriter maker to make a faster better tablet. They knew one thing, and they tried to apply the same process to a technology that doesn't adhere to it.

... and greed. lots and lots of greed.

so if you are worried that your favorite newspaper isn't covering NIU, take heart in knowing your favorite telegraph service isn't covering NIU either.

Blaming the sun-times demise on greedy executives

Disintermediation killed the newspaper...period.

Smart companies in the media business have adapted and re-tooled.

Why the hell do ya'all care about the sun-times coverage anyway? Nobody except for a few retired cops in Mt. Greenwood read that toilet paper.

LOTS of great local and national coverage for the huskies in much more relevant places where people actually pay attention....blogs, yahoo, USA today, Espn and locally like huskiewire, Mitchell.

Being mad about a crusty newspapers' coverage of the Huskies is an adventure in missing the point IMO.

The demise of the Sun-Times is even more shocking when you account for the vast attraction named Mary Mitchell.

Newspapers still exist?

(12-23-2014 03:42 PM)NIU8484 Wrote:  I ride with Freddie Mitchell and the Tribune all day er day

+1

It's just a representation of the market, and the market doesn't care about NIU.

No ill feelings from me.

(12-23-2014 04:49 PM)scottiep12 Wrote:  Blaming the sun-times demise on greedy executives
Disintermediation killed the newspaper...period.

One definition of "disintermediation" is removing the middleman or intermediary -- i.e., the published product replaced by information on the internet. Only problem is, newspapers started by giving away content on the internet for free.
As to your idea there is "LOTS of great local and national coverage" in much more relevant places....really?
USA Today (a newspaper that is also struggling financially) coverage of NIU is a fraction of what existed when the Sun-Times was a quality publication.
"huskiewire" is produced by members of The Daily Chronicle (a newspaper), and most people believe there's been a decrease in quantity and quality.
"Mitchell" is Fred Mitchell of The Chicago Tribune (a newspaper).
You believe "Espn" respects us, then you're in the minority.
blogs? Can you name one that's really respected? Blogs are often opinions of people of questionable credibility who generally do no fact-checking, so they're like the saying about a$$holes, everyone has one, some are full of it, some smell, etc.
Not respecting the value of a newspaper's coverage of the Huskies is missing the point. So no one on here pays attention to where NIU stories appear in the Tribune, no one notices the Alumni Association running a full page ad, no one seems to think our membership would help the Big 12's coverage in Chicago..... Did you ever consider that all those internet outlets you love still have to be created, updated, and written by someone?

Sun-Times still exists? Who knew?

(12-23-2014 11:38 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  Sun-Times still exists? Who knew?

+100

What the hell is a newspaper? Is that what dinosaurs wiped their a$$ with? Who cares what those Cretans think? No offense to anyone who still pays for that trash, but newspapers have pretty much zero to do with the future. The perception on electronic media is way more important to the success of the school and the athletic program.

The Tribune is still a viable and excellent newspaper. Worlds ahead of that POS Slum-Times, which appeals to a more lower level reader. I just wish the Trib were in a tabloid format. Much easier to read.