Comments on: Former Rocky staffers to start online news site

By: Locke

Locke — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:21:16 +0000

Steve R: Er, what? I’m not a cryptographer, I’m not going to sit here and try to cipher whatever it is you’re trying to say through cliched vagueness. You got caught scolding kids for their ignorance while proving to be blindly ignorant of grammar and technology, among other things, in the same post. I don’t think you’ve got any grounds to say I don’t or “kids” don’t understand the scope of whatever matter you’re referring to, given that you clearly don’t understand the realities of the modern marketplace yourself. Dragging your feet, blaming me and youths and their “ignorance” isn’t going to make those realities any less, er, real.

Face it, Steve: The newspaper is dead; long live the newspaper.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:17:18 +0000

I have subscribed! I can’t wait for the new site!

By: Steve R

Steve R — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:54:09 +0000

Locke: Aware and knowledgeable of the obvious. Stupid and blind of the scope of the matter.

By: sgilbert

sgilbert — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:27:35 +0000

Thank you to all who have subscribed. A subscription counter is in the works.

Scott Gilbert, InDenverTimes.com

By: Rohan

Rohan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:42:08 +0000

Sorry, I made some grammatical mistakes, my post should have read:

My parents have been loyal subscribers of the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News for over 20 years. I’m a 20 year-old college student and I actually enjoy reading newspapers. While, I like the Denver Post, I appreciated the contrasting view two newspapers provide. I hope the new site will be more balanced politically and still give some emphasis to national news. Good luck! You have my subscription with you. A truly ingenuous idea from a great paper, good luck! Can we please see a counter?

By: Rohan

Rohan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:38:02 +0000

My parents have been loyal subscribers of the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News for over 20 years. I’m a 20 year-old college students and I actually like reading newspapers and I desperately miss the Rocky. I hope the new site will be more balanced politically and still give some emphasis to national news. Good luck you have my subscription with you. Can we see a counter?

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:31:18 +0000

I am sooooo there.

By: cara

cara — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:13:25 +0000

Heard you on NPR this morning, and I just subscribed…I’d love to see a counter of how close you’re getting to success. Thanks for taking this chance. Just hunting for online info on Denver area restaurants is tough enough as it is…I need my Rocky reviews!

By: tburroughs

tburroughs — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:35:37 +0000

As Locke said, journalism, if it is to survive, has to adapt to its audience. The Internet is the perfect platform on which to do that. Readers can respond instantaneously to what they see and read, and news providers can in turn respond and join in the dialogue, enriching the experience for everyone. That’s the aim of InDenverTimes.com.

Tim Burroughs, InDenverTimes.com

By: Locke

Locke — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:39:11 +0000

Steve R: At least this poor college kid knows the difference between ‘their’ and ‘they’re’.

Seriously though, college kids do read news, online, which, given your Cosbyesque ‘kids these days with their linking and utubing [sic],” you clearly don’t understand. The reason the newspaper industry is failing is because it hasn’t learned to adapt to us…until now, perhaps.

And while we’re on the subject of language, I didn’t say I wasn’t going to subscribe. I am. I said if I weren’t a poor college kid I would not only subscribe but volunteer. Maybe I wasn’t very clear on that point, but what I meant was that I need a real job to pay for my subscription.

As us kids say, I think you just got burned.