Interestingly, around here, print newspapers are no longer delivered by contract drivers paid by the publishers and are now delivered by USPS and we hardly ever get them in a timely manner and my wife requires a print edition to check her Township notices that are put in them by law. Typically, we get the Sunday rag on Tuesday if at all and the weekly rags are delivered at least a day late usually.
The local papers did that to save money and put their contract carriers out of business. I find that disgusting myself. Contractors were dependent on them for a living and got hammered because they cheaped out and bolstered their bottom line at the expense of their contract employees. Only rag that we get delivered now by contract carrier is the Toledo Blade and it's always on time and neatly put in a plastic sleeve and my wife and I appreciate that and always give the carrier added compensation on the holidays. Just the right thing to do IMO.
General consensus is the economy is sliding downhill and employment at a decent wage is declining and then you have print papers eliminating jobs in the name of a better bottom line. That really disgusts me.
Learned long ago you have to spend money to make money and the only difference between making it and going broke is being shrewd about things in general. I always make money with my business, not as much as I'd like to make (naturally), but I still do regardless.
