newspaper names

john commented on the list newspaper-names

What a fantastic list. And it's consistently one of the most-trafficked on Wordie.

September 10, 2007

uselessness commented on the list newspaper-names

Agreed! It's my first time seeing this. John, are you saying you have traffic stats for Wordie lists? Might be interesting to see a ranking or something...

September 10, 2007

uselessness commented on the list newspaper-names

Additionally, the newspaper in my hometown of Venice, Florida, is the Venice Gondolier. :-)

September 10, 2007

kad commented on the list newspaper-names

the rutgers university newspaper is the daily targum.

September 11, 2007

colleen commented on the list newspaper-names

Seconded, I would love to see traffic stats. Mostly because I am an egomaniac. :D

September 12, 2007

john commented on the list newspaper-names

Hm... maybe I should have kept my yap shut :-)

I use Google Analytics for traffic stats, which is an amazing service, but it's external to the site. As far as I know there's no easy way for me to programatically check Analytics and incorporate those stats into the site. And because Analytics is so good, I don't even pay attention to the actual log files on the server -- in fact, being a bad sysadmin, every once in a while I just go in and delete them. So, no public stats for the foreseeable future.

Practical considerations aside, I also worry that we'd get too competitive, or that people would feel badly if they weren't getting as much traffic as they'd like. While it might help overall traffic if everyone was out pimping their words, it might hurt esprit de corp and be a bad thing in the long run. Thoughts?

September 12, 2007

john commented on the list newspaper-names

Gondolier, that's fantastic. My college newspaper was (and still is) called the Orient. "The Oldest Continuously Published College Weekly in the U.S." A pretty caveated claim :-)

September 12, 2007

reesetee commented on the list newspaper-names

Oh, I don't know, John. Traffic stats sound great at first, but if it makes Wordie competitive, I'd sooner not see them at all.

September 12, 2007

reesetee commented on the list newspaper-names

My college newspaper was called The Grackle. You don't want to know why.

September 12, 2007

oroboros commented on the list newspaper-names

Mine's called The Gaucho.

September 13, 2007

uselessness commented on the list newspaper-names

We have a local weekly paper in Albuquerque called the Alibi. It's a good "alternative" publication. Additionally, I agree that competition would be not-so-good for Wordie lists (apart from WordPlay games) and I regret suggesting it. There's already a degree of that with the "Most Citations" and "Wordiest Wordies" rankings, but there's never been a cutthroat edge to those, and no fights to be #1.

September 13, 2007

john commented on the list newspaper-names

The Grackle? Oh, but reesetee, I do want to know.

September 13, 2007

trivet commented on the list newspaper-names

Me, too!

September 13, 2007

jennarenn commented on the list newspaper-names

I'm so surprised! It must be about eight months old and I've never seen it either. What do these other people know that I don't???

September 13, 2007

colleen commented on the list newspaper-names

No, no, you do make a good point about competition. It's best to avoid fostering that, and I see how the stats would do so.

September 13, 2007

reesetee commented on the list newspaper-names

I'm much more interested in The Gaucho myself. :-)

September 14, 2007

logophile commented on the list newspaper-names

I'm at Rutgers too (in Camden). Here it's the Gleaner.

What an excellent list.

October 24, 2007

jamie0s commented on the list newspaper-names

Around here in Northampton we have the names Chronicle, Echo, Citizen, Mercury, Herald, and Post in various ever-changing combinations. Which makes it sound like we have a vibrant newspaper scene, but they don't keep folding, merging, and reforming because they're big sellers.

March 31, 2009

pdgray commented on the list newspaper-names

Glad to see Tiller & Toiler represented, from Larned, Kan. Another excellent Kansas newspaper name is The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, now just called The Wichita Eagle. ("Beacon" strikes me as an odd name, 500 miles from the sea.)

July 24, 2009

bilby commented on the list newspaper-names

Phew! For a moment there I was terrified of what eagle bacon might be.

July 24, 2009

tekeor commented on the list newspaper-names

I can't believe Flame hasn't made it onto the list yet. Anyone ever hear of the Phoenix Flame out of Chicago?

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