What a joke the Aspers running National Post! After paying a handsome sum to Conrad "Lord" (only in London, England) Black, first thing Aspers did were to strip out tons of contents and features from the National Post (even the weekend tv guide) so much so, readers were furious and they cancel their subscriptions. They had to put all the contents back, plus a sweetheart promotion of $12/month to bring me back as a subscriber. Next, the Aspers apparently fiddle with the independence of their columnists, wanting them to hold a certain point of view (like the one of Diane Francis). Columnists complained... and many left..
Now, they fired the top managers who built the Post to a National newspaper. They replaced the original managers with someone (journalism professor) who has never managed a newspaper before... obviously someone who will toe the Asper's point of views.
I give the post less than 3 years before the Aspers will sell the paper off. No big loss for us readers. The post will go back to being a tabloid focus on financial reporting. Back to the good old days before Lord Black had the urge to compete with the Globe and Mail, before he gave up Canada when he couldn't get lordship title here.
And the circle goes round and round.
BTW, if you had bought ITW when I suggested that it was well undervalued at $15.... you can smile ;-)
We're here to praise the Post, not to bury it,' Leonard Asper tells paper's staff
Barbara Shecter
National Post
Friday, May 02, 2003
CREDIT: Yvonne Berg, National Post
Matthew Fraser, a columnist for the National Post since its launch and a professor at Ryerson University, has been named editor-in-chief. |
