After my recent rant about newspapers, the topic was fresh in my mind and I coincidentally stumbled across this article: “At a conference in London, Arthur Sulzberger Jr conceded that someday the New York Times Company will be forced to stop publishing a printed paper.” (Sulzberger Concedes: “We Will Stop Printing The New York Times Sometime In The Future”, www.businessinsder.com, Henry Blodget, 9/8/2010) WOW! The Old Gray Lady is in big trouble....
Read More »I have to go on a little rant here. I’m feeling a little like Keyshawn Johnson talking about Matt Leinart here. In case you haven’t heard, the newspaper industry is facing some tough times. This past week, we placed some newspaper ads for a client in 5 newspapers in the midwest … cities like Wichita, KC, and St. Louis to name a few. As this is not an area we have done ads for before, we needed to fill out credit apps with all of the papers. Do you know...
Read More »Jeff and I hired employee #5 this week – a full-time web developer. A huge step to say the least. Our first full-time hire since we purchased the business in April. We simply needed the capacity he provides, not to mention the rock-solid PHP skills and all kinds of knowledge about WHM, cPanel, SQL databases, phpMyAdmin, etc. We’re really thrilled to have him here – his skill sets and demeanor are a perfect fit for our small team. It is a frightening thing,...
Read More »Great article in the Wall Street Journal today by Rosalind Resnick. Check it out here.
Read More »There was an article in the Times-Union yesterday entitled, Economy looking up in the Berkshires (Eric Anderson, Business Editor). Mr. Anderson cites “blockbuster events, warm, dry weather, and a recovering economy” as being the reasons for the boost in tourist activity here this summer which has helped the local economy. He specifically cited the Wilco event at Mass MoCA, Tanglewood’s strong summer season, and a “40% rise in ticket sales” at...
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