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Old 10-03-2009, 18:49   #1
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Observer Offices to close

I've just heard on the grape vine that the Accrington Observer Offices are to close, in the near future, anybody else heard anything
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Old 10-03-2009, 18:52   #2
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Accrington Observer offices

.. are to shut.

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | News publisher makes 150 job cuts

So tell me how are we to put in the papers that its julies 21st or mrs smith down the road has died or its jason and andrea's wedding day?
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Old 10-03-2009, 18:54   #3
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Eeew no Jaysay, but if everything would have to be done through the website, then they would have to improve it.

Having said that, found the Manchester office by 'phone/E-mail quite helpful and efficient.
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Old 10-03-2009, 19:04   #4
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is that it official now? accrington part of greater manchester
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Old 10-03-2009, 19:12   #5
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this was bound to happen after selling out...they keep telling us the observer sales are up evey year,so i think this is just an excuse to make more money pure greed or they have been telling lies...and a lot of companies are jumping on the bandwagon..officially accy will now be known as part of greater manchester.
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Old 10-03-2009, 19:56   #6
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or its jason and andrea's wedding day?
Want to expand on that rumour ?
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Old 10-03-2009, 20:08   #7
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Doubt if Mrs Smith will bother much jen.
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Old 10-03-2009, 20:14   #8
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Ok you lot ... you know what i mean .. if you want to put an advert in the paper where will you go to put it in? At the minute you go to the office ... but what if you dont have a debit or credit card to pay for it .. you only have cash ... and if you dont have the internet at home?
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Old 10-03-2009, 20:36   #9
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The Observer, is of course, part of M.E.N. Media, which encompasses lots of local newspapers in the North-West. MEN Media is in turn a subsidiary of the Guardian Media Group. Yep...that's right...the bible of every trendy leftie in the country. (There are even a few of 'em posting on here). Well, however much this rag and its' associated publications may apologise for terrorism and epouse socialism, feminism, anti-racism, islamism, lesbians, gays and grass-roots activism, when it comes to economic hard times, they are just the same bunch of hard nosed capitalist b*$tards as the rest.
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Old 10-03-2009, 20:37   #10
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Ok you lot ... you know what i mean .. if you want to put an advert in the paper where will you go to put it in? At the minute you go to the office ... but what if you dont have a debit or credit card to pay for it .. you only have cash ... and if you dont have the internet at home?
Another thread on this Shill, needs putting together.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ose-46109.html

The office on the flip side, don't take a credit card.

The Manchester staff are much more au fait and efficient in the advertisement side in my opinion. Could be difficult for the reporters, where will their base be ?
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Old 10-03-2009, 21:28   #11
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The Observer, is of course, part of M.E.N. Media, which encompasses lots of local newspapers in the North-West. MEN Media is in turn a subsidiary of the Guardian Media Group. Yep...that's right...the bible of every trendy leftie in the country. (There are even a few of 'em posting on here). Well, however much this rag and its' associated publications may apologise for terrorism and epouse socialism, feminism, anti-racism, islamism, lesbians, gays and grass-roots activism, when it comes to economic hard times, they are just the same bunch of hard nosed capitalist b*$tards as the rest.
Nice one and of course The Guardian doesn't pay proper taxes because it says it's a charity!
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Old 10-03-2009, 21:29   #12
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Another thread on this Shill, needs putting together.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ose-46109.html

The office on the flip side, don't take a credit card.

The Manchester staff are much more au fait and efficient in the advertisement side in my opinion. Could be difficult for the reporters, where will their base be ?
base will probably be one of those crappy takeaways they visit weekly, very fitting to me. the old reporters must be turning in there graves.
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The Observer, is of course, part of M.E.N. Media, which encompasses lots of local newspapers in the North-West. MEN Media is in turn a subsidiary of the Guardian Media Group. Yep...that's right...the bible of every trendy leftie in the country. (There are even a few of 'em posting on here). Well, however much this rag and its' associated publications may apologise for terrorism and epouse socialism, feminism, anti-racism, islamism, lesbians, gays and grass-roots activism, when it comes to economic hard times, they are just the same bunch of hard nosed capitalist b*$tards as the rest.
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Old 10-03-2009, 21:56   #14
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Looks like the reporters will be made redundant, yet another nail in Accy's coffin, this town is officially bust, I can't use the words I really want to put.
If anyone wants to lay the blame , much of it can be put down to ridiculous rents and business rates, total lack of advertising and the fact that walking on Broadway is akin to taking your life into your hands,drug dealers, alcoholics, shoplifters, wonky pavements, untreated ice, that's on a good day! Or if you are feeling really brave you could venture up onto Abbey St and feel threatened and intimidated in the environs of what can only be described as Maundyland. (it's like Disneyland except that the horrors are real and not something dreamt up by a Pirates of the Caribbean scriptwriter)
I have lived and worked in Accy all my life I have never been more disillusioned by what I see around me, I had a friend come up from London the other week and found myself apologising for the state of the town. It's a real shame and the council seem oblivious to the real issues.
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Old 10-03-2009, 22:01   #15
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base will probably be one of those crappy takeaways they visit weekly, very fitting to me. the old reporters must be turning in there graves.
And where did the 'old' reporters eat then ?
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