![]() If you’re not going to pay full-time people a decent wage to deliver your product, then this is the end result when your operation essentially hasn’t changed in 20 years, except for a massive reduction in staff and stagnation in wages and benefits. ![]() The decision to switch to mornings and mail delivery led to this inevitable conclusion, and I get it. What is a little shocking is The Quincy Herald-Whig decided to stop printing a Sunday edition. Pulling another day off the presses (while still charging the same amount for subscriptions) isn’t surprising. They won’t be available in Quincy on Sundays starting in 2022. Not only comments, but texts were like, “Do you know something?”Īs I explained on social media, I was referring to the fact that students (or anyone else) may not pick up a newspaper much longer because they won’t be available. My too-cute by-half-remark was taken by many friends that students would no longer be attending games because of another COVID crackdown in Illinois. I posted the following smart-ass comment on my personal Facebook page: “Students won’t be able to do this much longer.” It’s a traditional welcome for many student sections, reading a newspaper while acting unimpressed by the opposing team.Īs I watched, I figured it was the first time many of the students had touched a newspapers in months or years. Now, it seems, they are clairvoyant.ĭuring Saturday night’s Quincy High at Quincy Notre Dame basketball game, the QND student section broke out newspapers to pretend to read while the QHS starting lineup was announced. Student sections are usually creative and entertaining.
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