Comments on: From b to you http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/ Baltimore, Maryland the daily conversation starts here. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:27:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Marissa Richardson http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-466 Marissa Richardson Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:51:03 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-466 sounds like someone needs to reread "are you there god? it's me, margaret" sounds like someone needs to reread “are you there god? it’s me, margaret”

]]> By: tom dilliard http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-462 tom dilliard Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:02:28 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-462 "particularly from the young adults b is created for" Can y'all please come up with a better demographic appellative than "young adults?" I know this is a big marketing exercise, but really..this makes me think of Judy Blume books. Ooo! New topic! Stuff from the 1980s! I know someone at the b is working on that already.. “particularly from the young adults b is created for”

Can y’all please come up with a better demographic appellative than “young adults?” I know this is a big marketing exercise, but really..this makes me think of Judy Blume books. Ooo! New topic! Stuff from the 1980s! I know someone at the b is working on that already..

]]> By: Mike http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-459 Mike Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:55:46 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-459 The papers were out in Canton this morning when I left at 6:30. Thank you! The papers were out in Canton this morning when I left at 6:30. Thank you!

]]> By: Anne Tallent http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-457 Anne Tallent Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:36:12 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-457 To Sk: That's a great idea, and we're working on it. I'd like us to get that done this week. To tom dilliard: No such luck. To Sk: That’s a great idea, and we’re working on it. I’d like us to get that done this week.

To tom dilliard: No such luck.

]]> By: tom dilliard http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-448 tom dilliard Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:51:12 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-448 "(I hope you don’t write for a living!)" “(I hope you don’t write for a living!)”

]]> By: Sk http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-446 Sk Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:58:07 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-446 There really needs to be a section here with information about the editorial staff and their backgrounds. Fun or as serious as you want to write it. It feels necessary to me. Even better would be staff profiles linked to every post. There really needs to be a section here with information about the editorial staff and their backgrounds. Fun or as serious as you want to write it. It feels necessary to me. Even better would be staff profiles linked to every post.

]]> By: Anne Tallent http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-435 Anne Tallent Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:30:32 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-435 For the comments that Michael and Marissa haven't already responded to ... To TheRewind.Net: Thank you. To Hmmm... : I'm unclear as to how a statement can be "a self-righteous indignation." (I hope you don't write for a living!) But for some reason you're more civil with me than you were with Matt, so I guess I should be grateful. As I wrote, we do evolve in response to reader feedback -- particularly from the young adults b is created for. And we are making the cover packages richer, with more elements. Even so, our readers are time-pressed, and we have a different voice from publications in which a reporter can spend 12 inches clearing his throat before ever getting to the real lede. To tom dilliard: I am sorry about my name. Very, very sorry. Terribly sorry. Oh, and you misspelled it. It's Anne. To MichaelP: All I can say is "Hmmm..." For the comments that Michael and Marissa haven’t already responded to …

To TheRewind.Net: Thank you.

To Hmmm… : I’m unclear as to how a statement can be “a self-righteous indignation.” (I hope you don’t write for a living!) But for some reason you’re more civil with me than you were with Matt, so I guess I should be grateful.

As I wrote, we do evolve in response to reader feedback — particularly from the young adults b is created for. And we are making the cover packages richer, with more elements. Even so, our readers are time-pressed, and we have a different voice from publications in which a reporter can spend 12 inches clearing his throat before ever getting to the real lede.

To tom dilliard: I am sorry about my name. Very, very sorry. Terribly sorry. Oh, and you misspelled it. It’s Anne.

To MichaelP: All I can say is “Hmmm…”

]]> By: MichaelP http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-432 MichaelP Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:18:16 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-432 I am totally enjoying b but I must say I find it interesting how b's critics are so specific in their attacks. Its almost as if some of these critics have a specific grudge of some kind. What has b or their staff done to deserve such attacks? These specific staff attacks just don't read as a normal comment and most of the time they have nothing to do with the article at all. Just a thought I had while reading the blog today. I am totally enjoying b but I must say I find it interesting how b’s critics are so specific in their attacks. Its almost as if some of these critics have a specific grudge of some kind. What has b or their staff done to deserve such attacks? These specific staff attacks just don’t read as a normal comment and most of the time they have nothing to do with the article at all. Just a thought I had while reading the blog today.

]]> By: Marissa Richardson http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-429 Marissa Richardson Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:39:54 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-429 (almost) all b staffers have pictures as their avatars. that's a sure way to tell reader comments and staff comments apart. (almost) all b staffers have pictures as their avatars. that’s a sure way to tell reader comments and staff comments apart.

]]> By: hombre's amigo http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-428 hombre's amigo Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:32:08 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/04/from-b-to-you/#comment-428 “At any rate, all of these reader comments — whether expressing wry amusement or self-righteous indignation, enthusiastic curiosity or thin-skinned resentment — are more than welcome as part of our effort to engage young adults in conversation.” what is the percentage of true reader comments vs. "b" staff comments? How about in the uploaded photo section? the forum? “At any rate, all of these reader comments — whether expressing wry amusement or self-righteous indignation, enthusiastic curiosity or thin-skinned resentment — are more than welcome as part of our effort to engage young adults in conversation.”

what is the percentage of true reader comments vs. “b” staff comments? How about in the uploaded photo section? the forum?

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