Comments on: MM: Erbert and Gerbert’s Closes, New DeKalb Cities Gathering Support, and What Kind of Craft Beer Drinker are You?

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:02:23 +0000

A few may succeed using a freemium model, but you might label the rest as lemmings.

Without premium content (as judged by the consumer), weak pay-walls are a big gamble only to slow the decline, but it’s appropriate for an industry that has spent nearly two decades whining instead of moving up the value chain and/or widening its footing. (Arguably Cox has tried these with limited success.)

When AJC announced its paywall, I expected lots of discussion. I interpret the calm as a bad sign.

Separate thread?

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:46:48 +0000

But isn’t this what all newspapers are doing now? You couldn’t get into the Boston Globe or surrounding area newspapers except for a brief period after the Marathon bombings. The New York Times only allows a few free visits per month.

By: Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:06:18 +0000

Part of what I’m saying is that the map could never actually be like that – as it has overlapping city limits – which is not possible. Briarcliff and Lakeside would need to sort out who gets what. As would Lakeside and Tucker.

Also Lakeside doesn’t touch Decatur, as shown. Briarcliff does, right? So I do suppose that if the city limits split your property in half you would be liable to each, plus the county.

By: JC

JC — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:21:29 +0000

Yeah, I went out of my way to eat there once. It was okay, but not special enough for me to bypass all the choices in downtown Decatur.

By: David

David — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:34:38 +0000

I always feel bad seeing a business close. We went to E&G a few times. Not bad, but to be honest, for the same price we could eat at Taqueria del Sol or similar.