There are morning newspapers, there are fewer and fewer afternoon newspapers, and then there is the new category of "throughout the day" newspapers.
At 6:28 A.M. here is the recording Journal Gazette subscribers heard when they called the Fort Wayne Newspapers phone number:
We apologize.
The Journal Gazette routes are running very late this morning and are being delivered throughout the day. Thank you.
When the print edition of the Journal Gazette is not delivered timely, it also means a delay in Fort Wayne for Wall Street Journal home delivery.
More: Craig Klugman note.
Mitch:
Got my paper an hour late, but still got it.
(and I had to expound on that today).
Gotta LOVE those software glitches, don'cha?
Well, that's what happens when the "system" crashes while updating a website feed to the machinery that still presses the print.
..."oops"
;)
B.G.
Posted by: Bob Gaul | June 30, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Awesome. I was a paperboy for 3 years, starting when I was 9 years old, for the News-Sentinel and nothing like this ever happened.
I guess everyone just had to switch to FWOB for their news ;)
Ed. note: I was a substitute carrier for a friend who had a News-Sentinel route. I sympathize with all carriers past and present.
Posted by: Andy Borgmann | June 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM
It's 1:00PM and we still don't have our morning paper at the office.
Ed. note: And your business is a substantial classified advertiser, isn't it?
Posted by: Terry L. Hudson | June 30, 2008 at 01:00 PM
There's another word(s) for "throughout the day" newspaper...web site.
Ed. note: I subscribe to that thought.
Posted by: Cathy Dee | June 30, 2008 at 05:19 PM