Apparently it wasn't the pay wall that caused this to happen....

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May 14, 2018
1:25:52pm

WJCougar All-American

....the pay wall was their last gasp at generating more revenue. They were in trouble before starting the pay wall.

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Jay Drew laid off by SL Trib, per his twitter account.

Wadds

5/14/18 12:57pm

Wow.

cougfanblue

5/14/18 12:59pm

This is apparently funny to some posters

spinner

5/14/18 12:59pm

I see zero laughs and 15 sad faces

Indy Coug

5/14/18 1:00pm

did you read the linked thread?

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:01pm

There is no linked thread to this thread.

runnincoug

5/14/18 1:06pm

BM Carnac, WarfoSAUR and Shatter2

spinner

5/14/18 1:05pm

water nozzle salesmen. all of em.

BlueFrog

5/14/18 1:08pm

go ahead and add HighHorse to the list.

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:09pm

I guess it's a CB lynching.. amiright?

Saxa

5/14/18 1:26pm

you say that as if they are ashamed of their views. i don't think that's the

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:31pm

I am not saying they are ashamed of their views. I'm saying you and spinner are

Saxa

5/14/18 1:37pm

I'm just happy spinner is on a different tirade about somebody other than Trump

Indy Coug

5/14/18 1:39pm

Did I mention I jogged past Trump Tower today?

spinner

5/14/18 2:02pm

its not shame if they are proud of their views. they should be thanking us for

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:51pm

Well, WarfoSAUR has now taken down his smiley on that post, so there's that

spinner

5/14/18 1:19pm

Go get 'em spinner!

Carlos E. Queso

5/14/18 2:33pm

Detached irony/sarcasm, the official language of the internet. Congrats not everyone can master this.

spinner

5/14/18 5:30pm

"some posters" suggests at least two...

ColoSpgs

5/14/18 1:05pm

a couple others at least defending the LOLs

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:06pm

Oh, the humanity!!

Carlos E. Queso

5/14/18 2:35pm

I think it’s less about people being layed off and more about this newspaper

Alpi Gusto

5/14/18 1:23pm

Of course it is

Carlos E. Queso

5/14/18 2:36pm

Lol, literally the first time in my life being called a Pharisee. Achievement unlocked

spinner

5/14/18 5:41pm

He had amazing tenure for how lazy he was with this beat assignment

kccougar

5/14/18 2:37pm

<< Deleted >>

Cougazul

5/15/18 7:43am

Lol! a dude lost his job. so funny.

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 12:59pm

RE: Jay Drew laid off by SL Trib, per his twitter account.

SJS

5/14/18 1:02pm

Re: thumbs downers

SJS

5/14/18 1:09pm

Aside from the FT, WSJ and NYT, yet to see a pay wall work

BIG XII Coug

5/14/18 1:15pm

ie national content providers

Turnpike Lane

5/14/18 1:20pm

Apparently it wasn't the pay wall that caused this to happen....

WJCougar

5/14/18 1:25pm

Maybe it was simply a poor product?

CBaass

5/14/18 1:39pm

Add that and competition from DesNews and KSL and others...market isn't big enuf

jrifkin48

5/14/18 2:36pm

I think it's because the pay wall was implemented too late

TheMaineCougar

5/14/18 1:36pm

That’s sad to see. I love newspapers and hate watching them slowly die.

Rogue Gunner

5/14/18 1:50pm

Perhaps if news outlets (print and broadcast) weren't so tied to a political

BoiseBlueCoug

5/14/18 3:01pm

Well said, Blue

Fervent Cougar

5/14/18 3:36pm

I'm glad he's gone. Good riddance.

Cougarclaw

5/14/18 1:50pm

Jay is a good man. I know him personally, and he has always been kind to me.

mannheimadler

5/14/18 1:57pm

You're defending against attacks I never made

Cougarclaw

5/14/18 2:14pm

Almost every beat writer in the country could be accused by fans that he or she

mannheimadler

5/14/18 2:28pm

I agree with everything you wrote.

D.T. Survivor

5/14/18 3:24pm

There are bad apples in every profession that drag down the reputation of all

mannheimadler

5/14/18 3:26pm

C'mon man. Tell us how you really feel. Quit holding back. Sounds to me like

UMWolverine

5/14/18 2:04pm

Lame

shakarocks

5/14/18 2:11pm

I saw this morning that he had removed all of the Trib-related stuff from

mannheimadler

5/14/18 2:00pm

Well, that sucks. I didn't mind his opposing views, though whoever wrote his

UberDeek

5/14/18 2:18pm

bummer, hope he lands on his feet

Bob Vance

5/14/18 2:51pm

He will be missed

Fervent Cougar

5/14/18 3:35pm

I wonder who will cover BYU and what Jay will end up doing.

Jericho

5/14/18 4:27pm

It looks like they've fired a good portion of their college beat writers

jsjohnson1278

5/15/18 12:40am

Not going to miss him, too bad they didn't can Monson too!

therock

5/14/18 4:44pm

Hope he can retire comfortably in Rice Eccles stadium where he belongs

Coogar2

5/14/18 5:05pm

Times change. Jobs writing for newpapers are getting to be fewer and fewer. A friend of mine

lightmann

5/14/18 5:29pm

That sucks. Very sorry to hear it. Hope he’s ok

Future_Tacos

5/14/18 5:31pm

The death of local news is a major crisis in the US

AxelDC

5/15/18 7:42am

Yep nationalization of news is a huge problem

cougarfann888

5/15/18 7:45am

Is local news dying or just local newspapers?

TaiJuan

5/15/18 7:51am

Local TV news is going through the same struggle. It started later for them, but

mannheimadler

5/15/18 8:36am

Its a crisis of their own making

DazeofBlue

5/15/18 8:14am

Their are no other options for real local news. Sure you can find a story about

cougarfann888

5/15/18 8:58am

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