Comments on: AsianWeek Stops Printing: Good Riddance! http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/01/asianweek/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:43:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: william http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/01/asianweek/comment-page-1/#comment-108329 william Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:09:32 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2429#comment-108329 Ernie, Did you hit up times square in the freezing cold to watch the ball in Times Square? Well, hope you had a nice stay. -William Ernie,

Did you hit up times square in the freezing cold to watch the ball in Times Square? Well, hope you had a nice stay.

-William

]]> By: Ernie http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/01/asianweek/comment-page-1/#comment-108319 Ernie Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:23:35 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2429#comment-108319 William: Depends. Would it be an Asian themed newspaper? I mean, I would personally. If Ziff-Davis made an Asian magazine (please, not that they ever WOULD) it's still one thing at the end of the day; whether or not the content from cover to cover is solid. For me personally, AsianWeek was just a paper I saw at the newstands at the Glen Park BART station; nothing in particular really spoke to me one way or another. And being apathetic about a newspaper is the best way for it to not get a lot of readership. That said; it's sad that newspapers have to go to gossip related stuff to generate readership, but it totally works. I'm at JFK airport right now and flipping through some of this New York Post stuff, it's totally like a local printed "Inside Edition," but I can understand why there are readers. William: Depends. Would it be an Asian themed newspaper? I mean, I would personally. If Ziff-Davis made an Asian magazine (please, not that they ever WOULD) it’s still one thing at the end of the day; whether or not the content from cover to cover is solid.

For me personally, AsianWeek was just a paper I saw at the newstands at the Glen Park BART station; nothing in particular really spoke to me one way or another. And being apathetic about a newspaper is the best way for it to not get a lot of readership.

That said; it’s sad that newspapers have to go to gossip related stuff to generate readership, but it totally works. I’m at JFK airport right now and flipping through some of this New York Post stuff, it’s totally like a local printed “Inside Edition,” but I can understand why there are readers.

]]> By: william http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/01/asianweek/comment-page-1/#comment-108318 william Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:14:14 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2429#comment-108318 Would a white-people owned newspaper be subject to the same bar of scrutiny by Asian American bloggers? Would a white-people owned newspaper be subject to the same bar of scrutiny by Asian American bloggers?

]]> By: Efren http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/01/asianweek/comment-page-1/#comment-108297 Efren Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:09:33 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2429#comment-108297 I actually stopped reading most Filipino newspapers, since a number of them, like Asian Journal, claimed to be the "Asian voice". It sounds like most of them have closed down, which is just as well since the editing was so bad it was really painful to read (literally, as when I read an article that was written about me and my partner after we got married which had so many grammatical and spelling errors that I got a really bad headache trying to decipher it). I'll read the Asian American regional newspapers when I read them, like in LA and Seattle, and most of them seem very insular and gossip-related, rather than talking about issues that are pertinent to the community. I actually stopped reading most Filipino newspapers, since a number of them, like Asian Journal, claimed to be the “Asian voice”. It sounds like most of them have closed down, which is just as well since the editing was so bad it was really painful to read (literally, as when I read an article that was written about me and my partner after we got married which had so many grammatical and spelling errors that I got a really bad headache trying to decipher it).

I’ll read the Asian American regional newspapers when I read them, like in LA and Seattle, and most of them seem very insular and gossip-related, rather than talking about issues that are pertinent to the community.

]]> By: Darth Velocity http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/01/asianweek/comment-page-1/#comment-108293 Darth Velocity Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:35:49 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2429#comment-108293 I was working at AsianWeek at the time of the Kenneth Eng debacle, and while I had no direct say in editorial decisions, there were many of us who did not want that printed. Personally, I'd disregarded him as a crazycake with a cherry on top early on and never really thought "Why I Hate Blacks" would really make it into print. I knew eventually this HUGE misstep (or, really, several small-to-medium-sized missteps) would factor into its downfall, but I didn't realize it would happen only a little over a year later. I was working at AsianWeek at the time of the Kenneth Eng debacle, and while I had no direct say in editorial decisions, there were many of us who did not want that printed. Personally, I’d disregarded him as a crazycake with a cherry on top early on and never really thought “Why I Hate Blacks” would really make it into print. I knew eventually this HUGE misstep (or, really, several small-to-medium-sized missteps) would factor into its downfall, but I didn’t realize it would happen only a little over a year later.

]]> By: CaliStunna818 http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/01/asianweek/comment-page-1/#comment-108264 CaliStunna818 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:56:34 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2429#comment-108264 How many Filipino newspapers/media claim to be the Asian voice? The only one I know is Asianjournal.com If that's true...the irony is even funnier! Filipino-American newspapers claim to be the "ASIAN" voice, yet Filipino-Americans also claim "We're not Asian, we're Pacific Islander". LoL How many Filipino newspapers/media claim to be the Asian voice?

The only one I know is Asianjournal.com

If that’s true…the irony is even funnier! Filipino-American newspapers claim to be the “ASIAN” voice, yet Filipino-Americans also claim “We’re not Asian, we’re Pacific Islander”.

LoL

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