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Our blogger's identity is top secret, but you can call him Lou Grant. He's got the inside dish on doings at the Trib, Sun-Times and other Chicago media companies.


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New Coke and Classic Coke


Reading the spadia explaining the decision making that created the "New" Chicago Tribune I thought about the marketing mistakes of Coke and their branding of a new "improved" product years ago.

There is a distinct difference between radio, where people are constantly switching stations, and a newspaper. The genius (s?) who created this monster never understood the product. They never understood the difference between a product like radio and a product like newspapers. Now they've gone and fucked it up.

I hope they've got  stock warrants.

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