Comments on: Times-Dispatch’s alt-weekly hits the bricks http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/07/09/times-dispatch%e2%80%99s-alt-weekly-hits-the-bricks/ Richmond's Homepage For Business News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/07/09/times-dispatch%e2%80%99s-alt-weekly-hits-the-bricks/comment-page-1/#comment-14925 Michael Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:09:40 +0000 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=19853#comment-14925 Best wishes to the folks at Brick. For print to be successful it has to be fresh and different and certainly not redudant. If I can find the same content online quickly and easily then why would I go to the trouble of picking up hardcopy. TD struggles to understand print media just isn't what it used to be and probably won't ever be again. Best wishes to the folks at Brick. For print to be successful it has to be fresh and different and certainly not redudant. If I can find the same content online quickly and easily then why would I go to the trouble of picking up hardcopy. TD struggles to understand print media just isn’t what it used to be and probably won’t ever be again.

]]> By: Brett http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/07/09/times-dispatch%e2%80%99s-alt-weekly-hits-the-bricks/comment-page-1/#comment-14637 Brett Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:58:30 +0000 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=19853#comment-14637 Punchline was better, but Brick became a great one stop source for music and event news. They had more listings than Style but less than Richmond.com's website which is sometimes too overwhelming to sort thru. I do like the Richmond.com insert that comes in the mail. I don't get it in the city, but my girlfriend get's it in her mail out in Henrico. If Brick was an insert in the city mail maybe more people would read it. I think in order to compete with Style Weekly you have to have a different distribution strategy. Of course I'm sure Brick would say they weren't trying to compete with Style, but when you have a lot of the same content and you are in the rack right next to it, that's hard to deny. Hope someone puts something out soon. Good luck to the folks at Brick. Punchline was better, but Brick became a great one stop source for music and event news. They had more listings than Style but less than Richmond.com’s website which is sometimes too overwhelming to sort thru. I do like the Richmond.com insert that comes in the mail. I don’t get it in the city, but my girlfriend get’s it in her mail out in Henrico. If Brick was an insert in the city mail maybe more people would read it. I think in order to compete with Style Weekly you have to have a different distribution strategy. Of course I’m sure Brick would say they weren’t trying to compete with Style, but when you have a lot of the same content and you are in the rack right next to it, that’s hard to deny. Hope someone puts something out soon. Good luck to the folks at Brick.

]]> By: Bradley G http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/07/09/times-dispatch%e2%80%99s-alt-weekly-hits-the-bricks/comment-page-1/#comment-14618 Bradley G Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:47:45 +0000 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=19853#comment-14618 As a bar manager in the bottom I have seen "Brick" go from slightly relevent a few years ago to virtually unnessacary now. Brick was interesting but never the good read Punchline was. Punchline truely came off as an "paper for the younger generation" more akin to Style but with a different audeince while Brick always felt like more of an insert for the RTD,instead of it's on publication. Punchline was ahead of it's time for this city, I wish a profitable business model could be used (despite that currently being nearly impossible in the paper business, hence Colonial Downs being the only advertiser in the current Brick) and somebody redux PUNCHLINE. As a bar manager in the bottom I have seen “Brick” go from slightly relevent a few years ago to virtually unnessacary now. Brick was interesting but never the good read Punchline was. Punchline truely came off as an “paper for the younger generation” more akin to Style but with a different audeince while Brick always felt like more of an insert for the RTD,instead of it’s on publication. Punchline was ahead of it’s time for this city, I wish a profitable business model could be used (despite that currently being nearly impossible in the paper business, hence Colonial Downs being the only advertiser in the current Brick) and somebody redux PUNCHLINE.

]]> By: nthecity http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/07/09/times-dispatch%e2%80%99s-alt-weekly-hits-the-bricks/comment-page-1/#comment-14612 nthecity Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:38:25 +0000 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=19853#comment-14612 Punchline is/was my personal favorite. But you know, the local blogs share the same spirit (oregon hill blog, river city district, etc) Punchline is/was my personal favorite. But you know, the local blogs share the same spirit (oregon hill blog, river city district, etc)

]]> By: Scott Burger http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/07/09/times-dispatch%e2%80%99s-alt-weekly-hits-the-bricks/comment-page-1/#comment-14604 Scott Burger Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=19853#comment-14604 This widens an existing opportunity for the right group of people. Think a monthly, bootstrappin', soy-ink, recyclable newsprint publication that covered the same scope (art, music, politics) of Throttle, some of the humor of Punchline, the range of 64 (Magazine)(C'ville, RVA, Hampton Roads and perhaps other Virginia college towns). Think partnership with WTJU or WNRN, WRIR, and whatever alternative radio exists in Hampton Roads these days as well as RVA Magazine/RVATV.com or RVA News.com online. Think intelligent, well-written previews and reviews that brings and nourishes more talent and enthusiasm. Think easy to-music/movie/literary event schedules. Think people who are less concerned with regular paychecks and corporate clients and more dedicated to challenging the area with an inquisitive, alternative mindset. Yeah, it might be too financially risky, or, alternatively, it might save this broke-ass, wrecked world. This widens an existing opportunity for the right group of people.

Think a monthly, bootstrappin’, soy-ink, recyclable newsprint publication that covered the same scope (art, music, politics) of Throttle, some of the humor of Punchline, the range of 64 (Magazine)(C’ville, RVA, Hampton Roads and perhaps other Virginia college towns). Think partnership with WTJU or WNRN, WRIR, and whatever alternative radio exists in Hampton Roads these days as well as RVA Magazine/RVATV.com or RVA News.com online. Think intelligent, well-written previews and reviews that brings and nourishes more talent and enthusiasm. Think easy to-music/movie/literary event schedules. Think people who are less concerned with regular paychecks and corporate clients and more dedicated to challenging the area with an inquisitive, alternative mindset.

Yeah, it might be too financially risky, or, alternatively, it might save this broke-ass, wrecked world.

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