Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Clarion-Ledger Eliminating Saturday Edition

 The Clarion-Ledger is eliminating the Saturday newspaper.  If you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal or New York Times, you probably got this message today: 

We hope this note finds you well, and that you are enjoying your Journal membership. Efficiently serving our loyal readers is a top priority, which is why we want to share some news regarding a change to your Wall Street Journal paper delivery.

Our largest distribution partner is eliminating Saturday delivery in many markets across the country, including yours. As a result, WSJ Weekend will be delivered on Sunday starting March 27. Your weekday papers will continue to arrive the same day that they are published.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind you that there are many digital resources for our members to interact with the printed edition.

Just Saturday? Two days a week, anyone? 

33 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Clarion Ledger has had a Saturday edition? Dang, wonder who will notice this change in their production?

Anonymous said...

So looking forward to the day the presses are completely stopped !

Anonymous said...

I parked outside of the CL today It looks like an abandoned building. Had they just stuck to journalism and not opinion motivated activism…

Hookah said...

stick a damn fork in it already

Anonymous said...

They are circling the drain.

Anonymous said...

Does the CL even have an executive editor anymore? The letter I got recently announcing the discontinuation of the Saturday edition was signed by Marlon Walker, who left some time ago. Last I heard, there's a committee filling that job. Doesn't matter, there's not enough local news in week's worth of the paper to fill two decent editions. Today was a great example - half the front page was about an anniversary of the civil rights March on the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Ala. Noteworthy of course. But we want local news, not stuff commonly available everywhere else. Nobody will miss the Saturday edition, which was only good for the college football TV games schedule in the sports section.

Anonymous said...

Fake news will never learn! We want news and not left wing radical bullshit.

Ophelia said...

Calm down, you noisy clowns. Yes, the actual print paper medium is slowly dying, so just keep your laptops charged, and what is the problem? Oh, yes—the lack of relevant local content?

Anonymous said...

Very angry that the pathetic clarion ledger is going to impact Saturday’s circulation of my WSJ subscription. Got an email from them this afternoon.

Anonymous said...

Left wing rag. Time to close it up. Just look at the dismal ratings for CNN and MSNBC.

The Pravda-Ledger said...

What will my parrot use on Saturdays now?

Anonymous said...

Well, good. It is a start.

Anonymous said...

Who still reads print newspapers?

Anonymous said...

I believe the new "editor" is in West Memphis. He is also responsible for the Arkansas paper.

Anonymous said...

At this point they probably deliver more NYT and WSJ than anything. My WSJ delivery is sporadic at best. This is bad news. All the corporate accounts that get either of those papers will want to cancel because many of them are no open on Sunday morning (office buildings, book stores, coffee houses, libraries). And then of course the CL will cut something else. CL should have executed a DNR 20 years ago.

Anonymous said...

I canceled this newspaper long ago when they started putting news non Mississippi related and stopped carrying high school sports in general plus they threw being white in your face. Let me assure all people of any color and gender. White people men in particular are sick and tired of the negative coverage about us.

Anonymous said...

The CL gave a different reason in January for why it would stop Saturday delivery. "Responding to continued shifts toward digital news consumption, the Clarion Ledger is announcing a change in print delivery beginning March 26," the paper said. The story went on to highlight the paper's digital features.

Now it turns out the real reason is that its distributor decided to stop delivering the paper on Saturdays. Maybe the two are related in ways not obvious to me, at least. Otherwise, imagine that - a newspaper hiding the facts.

Anonymous said...

@7:41 Spoken like a truly mediocre white male.

Kingfish said...

The WSJ delivery has had issues ever since Gannett got the contract several years ago. Delivery was solidly reliable. Then the big G lowballed the bid. Lowballed it and provided crap service. Hmmm.... where might we be seeing that take place right now?

Anonymous said...

Good.

Anonymous said...

Offering digital access to the C-L for $1 for 6 months is all you need to know about the viability of their business.

Anonymous said...

Just like the print edition of the JFP, when the Clarion Ledger stops printing entirely it won't be missed. Nobody wants to read race animus over and over and over again.

Anonymous said...

Now I will have to find a way on Saturday to spend the 5 minutes it has taken to read the paper.

Anonymous said...

Woke and broke.

Anonymous said...

Law offices all over the southeast are scrambling to purchase the building. Even St. Dominic is said to be interested. Where's that sarcasm icon?

Kingfish said...

It would be a great spot for library if the parking problem could be solved.

Anonymous said...

@9:20 AM
It kills to me come across an interesting headline on social media only to click the link and be unable to read due to needing to pay for a subscription.

Anonymous said...

KF, your headline is misleading. The Saturday edition isn't being eliminated, as you acknowledge in the body of ur report, but the on-line edition will be published. The Saturday PRINT edition will no longer be delivered. There's a difference.

Anonymous said...

@11:45 AM - Anyone with a brain knows what the headline means, i.e. the print edition. Duh!

Anonymous said...

Bold move but necessary, now do the Monday through Friday one too

Anonymous said...

"It would be a great spot for library if the parking problem could be solved.
March 9, 2022 at 10:07 AM"

Has Jatran stopped running?

Anonymous said...

Word of caution if you ever do subscribe to CL, especially if $1 for 6 months, or whatever. DO NOT give them your credit card # to bill. It will never be correct, and you will be unable to ever reach their billing dept to discuss. They obviously a double as the back office billing dept for the City of Jackson’s Water Dept.

Anonymous said...

What the Clarion Ledger should do is figure out exactly how many days of the week they could publish locally produced content focusing strictly on Mississippi and Jackson issues. No one is reading the paper for any national or world news. Bring back the editorial page with some stronger writers and put out a decent sports section with the high school scores. Cover the heck out of Jackson city government and the state government.
There would still be a market for that even if it was only a couple of days a week.


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