Toledo, OH- As the automotive industry collapses, printing cost rise and more and more people move towards the internet for their daily dose of information, the Toledo Blade has made the decision to stop their long track record of faulty reporting and mis- representation on local issues and move to a comic book format.
The Toledo Blade which claims to be “One of Americas Great Newspapers” has long been the go to source of information for Toledo area residents, it has long outlasted smaller upstarts like the Toledo News Bee and has survived with smaller papers like the Journal, City Paper, La Prensa, El Tiempo, etc. However, due to the ever increasing popularity of The Toledo Free Press and the rise in printing costs coupled with the lack of reporting skills and slower ad sales the Blade will only print Maumee Dearest and the once a day political cartoon by Kirk.
The Toledo Blade which claims to be “One of Americas Great Newspapers” has long been the go to source of information for Toledo area residents, it has long outlasted smaller upstarts like the Toledo News Bee and has survived with smaller papers like the Journal, City Paper, La Prensa, El Tiempo, etc. However, due to the ever increasing popularity of The Toledo Free Press and the rise in printing costs coupled with the lack of reporting skills and slower ad sales the Blade will only print Maumee Dearest and the once a day political cartoon by Kirk.
A letter from The Toledo Blade read:
“ The Toledeo Blade will move to a Comik Book style format beginning August 1st. We feel this new format will bring something new to Toledo and with the departure of Maryor Finkkbeiner we will not longer have someone guiding our story ideas. With the success of The Toledo Free Press and the obvious staying power of this internet thing, we feel we can contribute more to the Toledo area by provding very unfunny cartoons”
“ The Toledeo Blade will move to a Comik Book style format beginning August 1st. We feel this new format will bring something new to Toledo and with the departure of Maryor Finkkbeiner we will not longer have someone guiding our story ideas. With the success of The Toledo Free Press and the obvious staying power of this internet thing, we feel we can contribute more to the Toledo area by provding very unfunny cartoons”
Check out the new issue of the Free Press, they compare their numbers to the Blades numbers, what a joke!!!! The Blade sucks. Even when I lived in Toledo I wouldn't read the Blade.
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