From the category archives:

Weird Harold

Find The N!

September 1, 2009

“The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman.” –The Goncourt Brothers

The local paper appears to have given up on getting anybody to actually read its dead-tree edition and instead is turning its pages into a daily Where’s Waldo hunt for purblind, demented seniors.
Commencing Monday [...]

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Old WH Ain’t What She Used To Be

August 7, 2009

Please advise if the August 12th morning edition of the Omaha World-Herald reached a new low, or if I just missed the other lows. Check page 3D of the Money Section. A quarter page ad for a “male enhancement” product called Vazopren. What’s next? Big glossy ads promoting Nigerian bank transaction services? Dear Spammers: Tired [...]

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New Omaha.com?

June 9, 2009

The new Omaha.com is up! (Actually, up and down a few times, but it’s finding its feet.) Is it the same stuff with a new paint job? For us, the honeymoon ended when we discovered that: All of our old links to specific Omaha.com articles are officially broken. How nice. Those web-savvy OWH brass are [...]

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Life After Newspapers

May 19, 2009

Maybe the World-Herald must continue to believe first and foremost in its print edition because it still has a $125 million printing press to pay for, courtesy of the former publisher and his renowned, intense hatred of the Internet.

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Local Paper Making A Comeback In Tough Economic Climate

May 6, 2009

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. –Thomas Jefferson
Following the City of Omaha’s bail-out of the Omaha World-Herald on April 1st, the new public-private partnership running the paper deserves high marks for business acumen and for deploying cost-cutting strategies needed to save everyone’s favorite [...]

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Top 10 Reasons Weird Harold Must Rise Again

March 29, 2009

The Top 10 Reasons that WeirdHarold.com must be defibrillated and resuscitated. STAT!
10 After reporter layoffs, the Omaha World-Herald saves money by re-writing stories from other newspapers to make them appear local.
9 Bob Kerrey told by New School faculty: “You don’t have a leg to stand on.”
8 McCook, Nebraska unveils plan for death penalty themed [...]

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