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Another one bites the dust

silverfaun — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:40:39 GMT

Another ideologically left groupthink media venture has gone bust with the founder pulling his dough.

Wood also bankrolls the Aus version of the Guardian, the love of the left and the favourite go to for the ABC.

Launching these papers is a lesson in futility if they can't relate to the broader readers and not the narrow left base they target.

Wotif founder Graeme Wood to close Global Mail news site

THE staff of The Global Mail is seeking new philanthropist backers in order to keep the news website going after original founder Graeme Wood this week pulled his funding from the site.

Wood told TGM's approximately 20 staff yesterday that he was unable to continue supporting the venture after February 20 but that they were free to seek other investors.

"This allows us to pursue ambitious plans for the future," TGM said in a statement.

"With the support of key figures in media globally, The Global Mail team is exploring various models - both philanthropic and commercial.

"Accordingly, the management of TGM is seeking expressions of interest from

potential partners."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/wotif-founder-graeme-wood-to-close-global-mail-news-site/story-e6frg996-1226813828315

Re: Another one bites the dust

boris1gary — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 01:03:07 GMT

so this term "groupthink", I am unfamiliar with it - is it the opposite to the right wing's "individualthink". Kind of like putting the interests of the few before the many.?

Re: Another one bites the dust

silverfaun — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 01:23:16 GMT

How come these billionaires don't see the writing on the wall when they pour their millions into left wing ideologically driven media.

Hasn't the Fairfax, spectacular imminent demise, shown them anything? that the wider community do not want to read what they print.

Re: Another one bites the dust

lakeland27 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 01:29:26 GMT

murdoch keeps losing on print media with his rather sad newspapers, so who's the fool ? his shareholders would like him to get out but he continues to give it away. its virtually free in the cities.

Re: Another one bites the dust

boris1gary — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 01:29:35 GMT

@silverfaun wrote:
How come these billionaires don't see the writing on the wall when they pour their millions into left wing ideologically driven media.

Hasn't the Fairfax, spectacular imminent demise, shown them anything? that the wider community do not want to read what they print.

don't know, maybe they are to busy "groupthinking".

Re: Another one bites the dust

just_me_karen — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 01:34:47 GMT

Lmao + haha + LOL + 😄 that current right wing neo Libs have ANY version of think...except maybe "toldwhattothink"

Re: Another one bites the dust

freshwater-2 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 01:52:50 GMT

Hasn't the Fairfax, spectacular imminent demise, shown them anything? that the wider community do not want to read what they print.

You fail to mention that there has been a spectacular fall in the sales of newspapers in the industrialised English speaking

countries worldwide. ....including good old Australia where the major print media has declined in the double digits.

The competition from the digital media is cited in all cases....not the content.

Re: Another one bites the dust

freakiness — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 04:23:18 GMT

@silverfaun wrote:
How come these billionaires don't see the writing on the wall when they pour their millions into left wing ideologically driven media.

Hasn't the Fairfax, spectacular imminent demise, shown them anything? that the wider community do not want to read what they print.

The Murdoch News of the World was even more spectacular in it's demise

Re: Another one bites the dust

lakeland27 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 04:38:20 GMT

one could ask the same of ginas sponsorship of the bolt report. it loses money.

Re: Another one bites the dust

spotweldersfriend — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:01:54 GMT

Where's the Daily Mirror of Sydney or The News of Adelaide?

Re: Another one bites the dust

silverfaun — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:45:21 GMT

Not for loss of readsership but closed voluntarily by the owner which showed great dignity.

Re: Another one bites the dust

lakeland27 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:52:47 GMT

He closed the adelaide news because the Advertiser was as bad. there was no dignity in sight. especially as the building was left to rot and become and even bigger eyesore .he didn't have to look at it.

Re: Another one bites the dust

freakiness — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 06:05:13 GMT

@silverfaun wrote:
Not for loss of readsership but closed voluntarily by the owner which showed great dignity.

Hahahahahahaha, nothing to do with the court cases and the despicable practices they employed.

Re: Another one bites the dust

spotweldersfriend — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 06:38:35 GMT

Closed down due to criminal activity is more like it.How's Rebecca doing?

Re: Another one bites the dust

lakeland27 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 06:52:55 GMT

she knows nothing about phone hacking, she doesn't know anything about anything besides actually doing it.

Re: Another one bites the dust

just_me_karen — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 07:02:30 GMT

And those text messages between her and Andy were purely business hahaha

No wonder Murdoch hired her.

Re: Another one bites the dust

debra9275 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 07:13:28 GMT

LOL

Re: Another one bites the dust

lakeland27 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 07:16:14 GMT

now we mustn't pre- judge the situation

Re: Another one bites the dust

debra9275 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 07:31:12 GMT

Haha no comment here