38 Quotes by John Morton

They're sort of like anchors at a shopping mall. They tend to draw people to the newspaper.

The news staffs of the newspapers affected have all been pretty fat by industry standards, ... The cuts don't leave these newspapers in what I would call a weakened condition.

That's talked about a lot, but it usually never happens.

It's an attractive market, which is why there are so many people fighting for market share over there. The Washington Post is never going to get down to the chicken-dinner coverage of these communities, and some of these community newspapers come close to that.

This is in response to fairly weak advertising performance. Consumers are just not stepping up to spend money the way they usually do.

This is in response to fairly weak advertising performance,

I'm sure Sherman is not going to be a happy camper at 65 bucks, which is the price that's been talked about a lot. It would serve (him) right. He got this all started.

Clearly there is an attraction to saving money. Readers also apparently prefer smaller size newspapers. Of course, the Journal has always held itself above that -- until now.

Generally speaking, their circulation will continue to decline. I don't know that there's any solution.