DCist: More on Future of Washington City Paper

smittydc

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:09:11 -0500

What shocks me is the notion that anyone looks at the City Paper Online. The whole point of CP is to read it on the bus or while sitting at a bar. There are too many good sites servicing the online community (craigslist, dcist, chowhound, WashPost, etc). By trying to compete with them they are just ensuring their own demise. CP controls a very nice niche -- they should stay focused on it.

IMGoph

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:23:50 -0500

i've heard others have been having trouble changing avatars as well, ajw_93

ajw_93

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:17:18 -0500

I'm kind of sad to hear it, but since I stopped reading City Paper when it published the "My Date with Monica" cover story, I'm also kind of not-sad. I am definitely sad that dcist.com won't accept my oh-so-witty avatar change to Laslo Hollyfeld. Obviously the machines in the secret tunnel behind the closet aren't working.

Boomhauer

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:07 -0500

You should still expect to see cuts in the traditional City Paper cover story in the near future. So then nothing is changing? It seems like every other week the cover story is about a page of text and several pages of photos (i.e. there is no story).

IMGoph

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:52:46 -0500

i'll just say the same thing i keep saying: losing the journalistic content of the city paper is a net negative for all of us.

HCE

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:40:45 -0500

"Is that the trees i hear breathing a sigh of relief?" Right, with how Creative Loafing (unsuccessfully) tried to spin this bankruptcy as something good for everyone involved, you'd think that they would take this opportunity to promote a shrinking (and eventually disappearing, if you read between the lines) print edition of the City Paper as part of a green initiative.

erahk0

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:04:26 -0500

Is that the trees i hear breathing a sigh of relief?

Deep

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:56:54 -0500

The CP had become a fatter version of the WaPo's Weekend section.

OldPosterKnownAsCranky

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:49:54 -0500

The number of articles in the City Paper is pretty sad. It's becoming more and more syndicated columns and restaurant/club reviews, with fewer local stories. I really hope the writing isn't on the wall for the City Paper.