When The Dallas Morning News pruned its stock tables, sports results and television listings this year, a consequence of sluggish advertising revenue and sharply rising paper costs, few readers felt aggrieved enough to complain.
But when the paper later staged a "Survivor"-style contest to cut a dozen of its 53 comic-strip offerings to save a precious half-page of space in the weekday paper, more than 40,000 readers voted their passions.
Its a trend across the USA newspaper business but one frought with risks as noted above.
Are you one of those people who reads the comics first, the sports section second, entertainment third and finally the news if you get around to it? Are "comics" your hot button, the line the newspaper can't cross?
The Times story: You may have to register:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/bu...comics.html?hp
Cowperson