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[Nidaros]

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I could see the Argus killing off the Dell Rapids Tribune and the Brandon Valley Challenger in order to save on printing costs and the like. Sounds like the Tribune doesn't have much of a presence in Dell Rapids anymore and with Anderson Publications' Dell City Journal starting up, the Argus may just fold up the Tribune completely. And that would be a tragedy.

Its a tragedy for any newspaper to fold. With readership going elsewhere for news, it is happening everywhere.

[jackrabit1]

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There's not much left to cut at the Argus Leader, but I suspect GateHouse will keep looking for savings. We're talking about two companies whose long-term vision for profitability only extends to the next quarter.

I could see the Argus killing off the Dell Rapids Tribune and the Brandon Valley Challenger in order to save on printing costs and the like. Sounds like the Tribune doesn't have much of a presence in Dell Rapids anymore and with Anderson Publications' Dell City Journal starting up, the Argus may just fold up the Tribune completely. And that would be a tragedy.

[Jacked_Up]

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There's not much left to cut at the Argus Leader, but I suspect GateHouse will keep looking for savings. We're talking about two companies whose long-term vision for profitability only extends to the next quarter.

[Nidaros]

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Here's a story from Oklahoma about Gatehouse

https://www.poynter.org/business-wor...-even-started/

This story makes Gateway a goat. Not everyone is together on the downsizing page. Someone offering a job and later recinding the job. With a dying source of news, these things happen.

[SidelineObserver]

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I, too, am concerned about the Gatehouse takeover of Gannett. Is this going to be another corporation committing suicide?

Here's a story from Oklahoma about Gatehouse

https://www.poynter.org/business-wor...-even-started/

[Nidaros]

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I, too, am concerned about the Gatehouse takeover of Gannett. Is this going to be another corporation committing suicide?

Al Neuharth is not around to stop this mess. An Eureka native, and USD alum who started out with a salmon colored SoDak Sports. I remember having a cherry coke and reading SoDak sports at Rays Drugstore on Main Street in Brookings. Not to be confused with Rays Corner.} A big deal for a farm kid in 1952. Sadly Al went broke and moved on to big newspaper ownership of Gannett. USA Today has a huge story saying the merger might not happen. My iPhone and links and me do not work.

[JackJD]

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I, too, am concerned about the Gatehouse takeover of Gannett. Is this going to be another corporation committing suicide?

[SDSUAlum08]

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I subscribe online.

[SidelineObserver]

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Just when you thought there were no more changes, Gate House Media bought/merged with Gannett(owner of the Argus). Gate House owns a number of dailies including Aberdeen and Watertown.

Good luck to the Argus staff on future buyouts. Gatehouse is a horrible company.

[OldHare]

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Just when you thought there were no more changes, Gate House Media bought/merged with Gannett(owner of the Argus). Gate House owns a number of dailies including Aberdeen and Watertown.

[JackJD]

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The e-version of the Argus works well for me. I enjoyed getting caught up on Zimm’s Recent stories on Jacks football that were “subscriber only”.

[slosho]

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One thing I wish they could figure out is: how to keep me logged on across my devices. This board can do it, why they can't confounds me.

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[jackdaniel]

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Depending on how you have the browser set-up, you might be clearing your cache and cookies every time you close the window. I have this set-up, so I have to log into any site each time I start a new window. Part of it is a bit of security (laptop goes missing and I am not logged into any website already). Part of it is forcing me to use passwords daily so I don't forget them.

Sorry for the tangent.

Thanks for more info,appreciate it.

[JimmieTuba]

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I subscribe, and am happy to support local news/sports/weather, but just have one small criticism, and that's that they don't let you stay logged on when you are a subscriber, they are constantly having you log on and give the ole "you've reached your limit viewing our complimentary free viewing"....blah,blah, however it's worded.Why not let subscribers stay logged on until THEY log off.It's very frustrating that they don't seem to know who their subscribers are even. Web sites like GoJacks, others , don't do this. It seems to me that they wouldn't want to aggravate their subscribers by not letting them remain logged on. I've looked for the place where you can state you wish to remain logged on if that's the reason for this happening, but can't find anything on their web site.

Depending on how you have the browser set-up, you might be clearing your cache and cookies every time you close the window. I have this set-up, so I have to log into any site each time I start a new window. Part of it is a bit of security (laptop goes missing and I am not logged into any website already). Part of it is forcing me to use passwords daily so I don't forget them.

Sorry for the tangent.

[thumper_76]

Argus: To subscribe or not to subscribe...

Online only here but Like to support the jacks coverage. it's the only reason I subscribe

Click on all the Jackrabbit stories. Click, click, click. It matters.

^^^^^^^^this^^^^^^^^^^

There’s a reason that SDSU still has a dedicated (to a point) beat writer and Garry got let go. If we want to put pressure on for more articles, the way to go is to show a large need for it. The folks down south went the opposite way and pouted. They stopped buying and reading the Argus for their sports and guess what, it’s gotten worse for them. I subscribe for all the articles on Jacks sports and so hopefully our fan base shows the Argus it’s large enough that they need to give more SDSU content to keep up with demand. In this day and age newspapers need to give the readers what they want to read to bring in money, we need to show them as a fan base that SDSU is a big ticket to their success. Just my $.02


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