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#1 Post by Bob78164 » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:40 pm

The New York Times is ending its bridge column. --Bob
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#2 Post by TheConfessor » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:58 pm

Bob78164 wrote:The New York Times is ending its bridge column. --Bob
The one about Chris Christie?
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#3 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:09 pm

You can hardly blame them. There are a bit more than 167,000 ACBL members in the U.S. Contrast that with the NFL, which averages between 13 and 20 million viewers for regular season games. If you were a newspaper with declining readership, you'd allocate your time, energy, and space the same way.
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#4 Post by Vandal » Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:22 am

I thought this was another Mets thread.
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#5 Post by zachhoran1 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:09 am

Wonder how many people do the Daily/Sunday Xword and other Sunday puzzles in the Times.
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#6 Post by Bob78164 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:52 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:You can hardly blame them. There are a bit more than 167,000 ACBL members in the U.S. Contrast that with the NFL, which averages between 13 and 20 million viewers for regular season games. If you were a newspaper with declining readership, you'd allocate your time, energy, and space the same way.
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#7 Post by SportsFan68 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:18 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:You can hardly blame them. There are a bit more than 167,000 ACBL members in the U.S. Contrast that with the NFL, which averages between 13 and 20 million viewers for regular season games. If you were a newspaper with declining readership, you'd allocate your time, energy, and space the same way.
The Los Angeles Times tried removing its bridge column two or three years ago. There was enough outcry to persuade them to bring it back. --Bob
OK then -- if starting a "Boo! Hiss!" thread on a non-related message board counts as outcry to the NY Times, you're well on your way to persuading them to bring it back.
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#8 Post by littlebeast13 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:28 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:You can hardly blame them. There are a bit more than 167,000 ACBL members in the U.S. Contrast that with the NFL, which averages between 13 and 20 million viewers for regular season games. If you were a newspaper with declining readership, you'd allocate your time, energy, and space the same way.
The Los Angeles Times tried removing its bridge column two or three years ago. There was enough outcry to persuade them to bring it back. --Bob
OK then -- if starting a "Boo! Hiss!" thread on a non-related message board counts as outcry to the NY Times, you're well on your way to persuading them to bring it back.

Since when has anything ever posted on this Bored ever convinced anyone of anything?

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#9 Post by SportsFan68 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:46 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:You can hardly blame them. There are a bit more than 167,000 ACBL members in the U.S. Contrast that with the NFL, which averages between 13 and 20 million viewers for regular season games. If you were a newspaper with declining readership, you'd allocate your time, energy, and space the same way.
The Los Angeles Times tried removing its bridge column two or three years ago. There was enough outcry to persuade them to bring it back. --Bob
OK then -- if starting a "Boo! Hiss!" thread on a non-related message board counts as outcry to the NY Times, you're well on your way to persuading them to bring it back.

LB wrote:
Since when has anything ever posted on this Bored ever convinced anyone of anything?

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#10 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:12 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote: OK then -- if starting a "Boo! Hiss!" thread on a non-related message board counts as outcry to the NY Times, you're well on your way to persuading them to bring it back.

Since when has anything ever posted on this Bored ever convinced anyone of anything?

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#11 Post by littlebeast13 » Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:00 am

Bob Juch wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote: OK then -- if starting a "Boo! Hiss!" thread on a non-related message board counts as outcry to the NY Times, you're well on your way to persuading them to bring it back.

Since when has anything ever posted on this Bored ever convinced anyone of anything?

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Quite a few people have been convinced to leave.

Well, you're very persuasive in your ways....

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#12 Post by christie1111 » Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:02 pm

Sprots convinced me to be a Denver fan.
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#13 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Apr 29, 2015 9:56 am

christie1111 wrote:Sprots convinced me to be a Denver fan.
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