This appeared in our local paper, The Oregonian, a few days ago: Here’s the text: Our name has changed, but we haven’t. We’re still the same place we always were. We’re still the place with the most experience and the same great service. We’ve got 15 stores across the Northwest, and they all share our […]
These words were spoken, I’ll wager, by a couple of companies who recently advertised in the Oregonian. And it wasn’t the O’s fault. Names are withheld in the hope that they decide to give radio a try — why embarrass them publicly when we could play the hero instead? Advertiser #1 is a local clinic […]
The Oregonian’s Sunday print story on the issue was solid. It presented views from principals, chaperones and students. It also touched on the history of skirmishes between parents/educators and teens about their dancing — which, apparently, dates back at least to the nearly 1900’s and the Turkey Trot. [This last tidbit came from Julie Malnig, […]
All us traditional-media types recognize that all roads head to the web. My radio group knows it, the TV stations know it, and the local newspaper knows it. What we’re all trying to figure out (along with everyone else in the country) is how to get our erstwhile listeners, viewers and readers to move to […]