Friday!
Yes, Edmonton, we’ve made it through another week. Can you believe it’s already heading into late March, it’s going to officially be Spring tomorrow? Time is sure flying.
Speaking of tomorrow, we’ve got this thing over at The ARTery, and it would be really swell if you would swing on by for our swap meet/concert/party. You’ll have a lot of fun and meet new friends.
Anyway…the Newspaper Audience Databank has released some 2009 numbers on newspaper readership. So you know the Sun and the Journal both have stories on themselves.
Much like TV and radio ratings, when we see multiple stations saying they’re #1, both papers are claiming to be big winners. And much like any kind of ratings, they could both be right. It’s all about demographics and overall numbers and a mishmash of everything.
Everybody wins!
We here at the edmontonian also win. We win because we have the equivalent audience of 4-6% of either paper’s online readership. With an equivalent of 0% of their budget. Put that in your ratings debrief, newspaper publishers. (I’m not sure what their budgets are, or what their online budgets would be, but I bet 4% of their budget would set me up pretty nicely.)
More interesting stuff on online readership from Mack, who looked at Twitter links to two of the city’s more prevalent newsrooms on the micro-blogger.
Hundreds protest tuition hikes
Edmonton Remand Centre rules out late-night arrivals (If the guards and police are against this it looks like it’s just a cost cutting measure from the Alberta government.)
Alberta’s retail sales make gains but lag behind other provinces
Officer faced pain we can’t imagine
Edmonton nightspot owner sues city for $2.4M
Edmonton paralympic athlete wins gold (Gold!)
Police offer big cash for tips (Tips in a number of Edmonton-Somali homicides.)
Provincial grant helps Mustard Seed build apartments for the homeless
Chemicals, weapons seized from Ludwig farm
Slovenian hall falls victim to city growth
Charges laid in pawnshop hatchet attack
Father Michael Troy passes away
Pool at MacEwan city centre campus to stay open (So, was this a bad decision made without consultation or is the squeaky wheel just getting oil?)
Mayor rates well in recent poll (Wow, it’s poll week over at CTV.)
Are you sick of me talking about #Yeg Swap yet?
Oh boo, why do you guys have to make these things at exactly the same time as the Edmonton Rush games? (referring, of course, to #YEG Swap…)
Boo yourself.