Comments on: Five days a week http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/five-days-a-week/ by Jeff Jarvis Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:12:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Does the ‘P’ in ‘PR’ stand for ‘press’ or ‘public’? http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/five-days-a-week/#comment-31560 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Does the ‘P’ in ‘PR’ stand for ‘press’ or ‘public’? Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:39:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/five-days-a-week/#comment-31560 [...] Remember that reporters do not tell you every story idea that came from a flack — and so many do come from them that I’ve often said if I ran a paper, I’d have flack-free days: Every story in today’s paper came from actual reporting! (It’d probably be a thin Saturday.) . [...] [...] Remember that reporters do not tell you every story idea that came from a flack — and so many do come from them that I’ve often said if I ran a paper, I’d have flack-free days: Every story in today’s paper came from actual reporting! (It’d probably be a thin Saturday.) . [...]

]]> By: jon http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/five-days-a-week/#comment-30839 jon Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:19:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/five-days-a-week/#comment-30839 I always sorta liked the Saturday NYTimes (edited by the friday staff)-- especially back in the day when they had the news quiz. Except for the period when they had what an ex called "The Let's Be Intellectual Page" it was an unpretentious, solid little paper without special ad-driven sections (does anyone read Thursday Styles?) and an offbeat story ot two which didn't have the heft to make a weekday edition. But you're right about Mondays. I always sorta liked the Saturday NYTimes (edited by the friday staff)– especially back in the day when they had the news quiz. Except for the period when they had what an ex called “The Let’s Be Intellectual Page” it was an unpretentious, solid little paper without special ad-driven sections (does anyone read Thursday Styles?) and an offbeat story ot two which didn’t have the heft to make a weekday edition.

But you’re right about Mondays.

]]> By: Joe Murphy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/five-days-a-week/#comment-30838 Joe Murphy Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:41:43 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/five-days-a-week/#comment-30838 My guess: Lazy people that grew into patterns when nobody cared. Also, the lack of much institutional news from the weekend and the missing monday business section make for a skinny newspaper. My guess: Lazy people that grew into patterns when nobody cared.

Also, the lack of much institutional news from the weekend and the missing monday business section make for a skinny newspaper.

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