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Blake
post Jul 26 2012, 10:35 AM
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I was pretty disappointed with last week's edition.. a vast pullout section with a stack of photos on school leavers and their prom season; this is of supreme indifference and is not news.

I also note that last week, there was a mere single page of letters. The letters pages (and there were three pages of such not long ago) are one of the best sections of the newspaper.

I find there is less and less worth reading in this newspaper and yet the price escalates. I find the newspaper is increasingly heavy on photos and much lighter on text. The prom section is a classic example...what a waste of money.

This was a great paper a decade ago and less. Is there a new editor in charge?

The quality of the Newbury Weekly News and its news content seems to go from bad to worse.
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- Blake   A Newspaper with Less News...   Jul 26 2012, 10:35 AM
- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Blake @ Jul 26 2012, 11:35 AM) I w...   Jul 26 2012, 10:54 AM
- - Blake   Even if I did, I can take my own photos. The pap...   Jul 26 2012, 11:00 AM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Blake @ Jul 26 2012, 12:00 PM) Eve...   Jul 26 2012, 11:07 AM
|- - Strafin   QUOTE (Blake @ Jul 26 2012, 12:00 PM) Eve...   Jul 26 2012, 11:38 PM
- - Penelope   Yet another import from the USA (sigh) why? someth...   Jul 26 2012, 11:16 AM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Penelope @ Jul 26 2012, 12:16 PM) ...   Jul 26 2012, 11:19 AM
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|- - lordtup   QUOTE (Penelope @ Jul 26 2012, 12:16 PM) ...   Jul 27 2012, 05:37 PM
- - Blake   IS there market research to back that assertion?   Jul 26 2012, 11:16 AM
|- - Penelope   QUOTE (Blake @ Jul 26 2012, 12:16 PM) IS ...   Jul 26 2012, 11:17 AM
- - Baffers100   On the plus side, fewer words= fewer chances of sp...   Jul 26 2012, 01:16 PM
- - Blake   Yes, well, now that we have spellchecking, there i...   Jul 26 2012, 02:02 PM
- - Nothing Much   I just have to pop in for a second.Folk who knew t...   Jul 26 2012, 03:13 PM
|- - Blake   QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Jul 26 2012, 04:13 ...   Jul 26 2012, 03:36 PM
||- - Newbelly   QUOTE (Blake @ Jul 26 2012, 04:36 PM) Wha...   Jul 26 2012, 03:42 PM
||- - Blake   QUOTE (Newbelly @ Jul 26 2012, 04:42 PM) ...   Jul 26 2012, 03:44 PM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Jul 26 2012, 04:13 ...   Jul 26 2012, 03:56 PM
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|- - Penelope   QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Jul 26 2012, 04:13 ...   Jul 26 2012, 04:15 PM
- - GMR   QUOTE (Blake @ Jul 26 2012, 11:35 AM) I w...   Jul 26 2012, 04:43 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (GMR @ Jul 26 2012, 05:43 PM) To be...   Jul 26 2012, 09:01 PM
|- - GMR   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jul 26 2012, 10:01 PM) ...   Jul 26 2012, 09:29 PM
- - user23   QUOTE (Blake @ Jul 26 2012, 11:35 AM) I w...   Jul 26 2012, 08:31 PM
|- - Newbelly   QUOTE (user23 @ Jul 26 2012, 09:31 PM) I ...   Jul 26 2012, 09:08 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Newbelly @ Jul 26 2012, 10:08 PM) ...   Jul 26 2012, 10:39 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (user23 @ Jul 26 2012, 09:31 PM) I ...   Jul 27 2012, 08:31 AM
- - Blake   What I found after I had put the prom section and ...   Jul 27 2012, 08:33 AM
- - JeffG   When I left school we didn't even have discos.   Jul 27 2012, 09:37 AM
- - Jayjay   Do not understand the present for the teacher at e...   Jul 27 2012, 11:05 AM
|- - HJD   QUOTE (Jayjay @ Jul 27 2012, 12:05 PM) Do...   Jul 27 2012, 01:09 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (HJD @ Jul 27 2012, 02:09 PM) Proba...   Jul 27 2012, 02:18 PM
- - Blake   Keep it relevant. Does anyone else know why the n...   Jul 27 2012, 02:41 PM
|- - JeffG   QUOTE (Blake @ Jul 27 2012, 03:41 PM) Doe...   Jul 27 2012, 02:46 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Blake @ Jul 27 2012, 03:41 PM) Kee...   Jul 27 2012, 03:49 PM
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|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 27 2012, 09:30 PM) Bu...   Jul 27 2012, 08:46 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jul 27 2012, 09:46 P...   Jul 27 2012, 09:10 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 27 2012, 10:10 PM) Ju...   Jul 27 2012, 09:28 PM
- - Nothing Much   To answer an earlier post about what are you on a...   Jul 27 2012, 07:17 PM
- - On the edge   Nothing Much - just keep posting! Anyone who ...   Jul 27 2012, 08:53 PM
- - On the edge   Perhaps the column should be more about agricultur...   Jul 27 2012, 10:27 PM
- - Andy Capp   I'd rather people appealed for a right to repl...   Jul 28 2012, 12:09 AM
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|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 28 2012, 07:49 AM) I ...   Jul 28 2012, 07:15 AM
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|- - Weavers Walk   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 28 2012, 07:49 AM) I ...   Jul 28 2012, 12:49 PM
- - HJD   Not really relevant i know but where has this ne...   Jul 28 2012, 07:54 AM
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|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jul 30 2012, 10:39 AM)...   Jul 30 2012, 09:55 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 30 2012, 10:55 AM) We...   Jul 30 2012, 11:50 AM
- - On the edge   Worth thinking about what propaganda actually is -...   Jul 30 2012, 10:41 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jul 30 2012, 11:41 A...   Jul 30 2012, 12:15 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jul 30 2012, 01:15 PM)...   Jul 30 2012, 05:24 PM
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- - Nothing Much   My little free newspaper "Islington Tribune...   Jul 30 2012, 02:13 PM
- - JeffG   But surely one of the purposes of a local paper is...   Jul 30 2012, 05:54 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (JeffG @ Jul 30 2012, 06:54 PM) But...   Jul 30 2012, 06:10 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jul 30 2012, 07:10 P...   Jul 30 2012, 06:34 PM
||- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jul 30 2012, 07:34 PM)...   Jul 30 2012, 10:09 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (JeffG @ Jul 30 2012, 06:54 PM) But...   Jul 30 2012, 06:24 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 30 2012, 07:24 PM) Fa...   Jul 30 2012, 06:39 PM
|- - JeffG   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 30 2012, 07:24 PM) Fa...   Jul 30 2012, 06:48 PM
|- - Newbelly   Can someone please explain how NWN is biased in fa...   Jul 30 2012, 07:07 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Newbelly @ Jul 30 2012, 08:07 PM) ...   Jul 30 2012, 08:17 PM
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||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Aug 1 2012, 10:10 AM) For...   Aug 1 2012, 09:54 AM
||- - Biker1   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Aug 1 2012, 10:54 AM) ...   Aug 1 2012, 09:58 AM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Aug 1 2012, 10:58 AM) OK ...   Aug 1 2012, 10:00 AM
||- - Biker1   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Aug 1 2012, 11:00 AM) ...   Aug 1 2012, 11:49 AM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Aug 1 2012, 12:49 PM) (OO...   Aug 1 2012, 12:40 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Newbelly @ Jul 30 2012, 08:07 PM) ...   Jul 30 2012, 08:50 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 30 2012, 09:50 PM) No...   Jul 30 2012, 10:28 PM
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- - Andy Capp   OK, so perhaps a cynic might like to give examples...   Jul 31 2012, 02:24 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jul 31 2012, 03:24 PM)...   Jul 31 2012, 03:43 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jul 31 2012, 04:43 P...   Jul 31 2012, 04:50 PM
- - On the edge   The whole thing gives a rose tinted view of countr...   Jul 31 2012, 08:06 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jul 31 2012, 09:06 P...   Jul 31 2012, 08:23 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jul 31 2012, 09:23 P...   Jul 31 2012, 09:01 PM
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|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jul 31 2012, 09:06 P...   Jul 31 2012, 08:52 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jul 31 2012, 09:52 PM)...   Jul 31 2012, 09:16 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jul 31 2012, 10:16 P...   Jul 31 2012, 09:37 PM
- - Blake   I am not so bothered by the Country Matters sectio...   Aug 1 2012, 07:54 AM
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