By JUSTIN KENDALL
The Pitch didn't get its copy of the Star this morning. I called the customer service number and spoke with a rep who told me that they'd "sold out" of papers today and would be "cranking out another batch" either this afternoon or tonight. She told me that she'd fielded several complaint calls from irate customers.
Meanwhile, my colleague Peter Rugg walked over to 18th and Grand, where he saw this sign taped to the door of the Star Store:
All of this sounded like a cruel joke. After what was undoubtedly its busiest night at the end of a grueling campaign season, the Star sells so many papers it has to have a second printing. Meanwhile, more Star employees are bracing to lose their jobs.
After 120 layoffs and buyouts in June and 65 more in September, another round of layoffs is expected at the paper no later than Thanksgiving. We've heard, however, that the bad news might come as early as Friday.
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Yeah, bloggers are the answers. The only thing requiring less capability than being a journalist is being a blogger.
Just make sure they don't have to click links on RSS truncations or DLChimpo will start crying, the tears will ruin their computers, and the whole system will shut down. Because those elite types read more than one thing a day, you know.
That's gonna help, guz. Punish the Star for cutting staff by no longer becoming a customer which leads to....gee...might that lead to more of the same? But we'll do just fine without the mainstream media. Bloggers will keep us informed, assuming any of them will put on shoes and leave t heir basements.
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