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Author Topic: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage  (Read 281938 times)

Offline Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #30 on: June 18, 2014, 11:58:38 AM »
This would not have happened in Charles Foster Kane's day.

Offline Dave Cooper please

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #31 on: June 18, 2014, 01:11:33 PM »
It's a shame, because it would be great if someone could develop a successful online "Brum" news site.

ahem... http://thebirminghampress.com/

He said successful.



Offline Dio1874

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #32 on: June 18, 2014, 10:14:59 PM »
The mail always manages to say something in every report or story that doesn't show us in a good light.
Let's face it, it's not as though we're the biggest club in the area is it.
I think we get a less bias coverage in the express & star unless we're playing the bogies of coures

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #33 on: June 19, 2014, 02:02:57 AM »
It's a shame, because it would be great if someone could develop a successful online "Brum" news site.

ahem... http://thebirminghampress.com/

He said successful.



Our finances are much better than theirs.

Online Mister E

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #34 on: June 19, 2014, 07:36:24 AM »
It's a shame, because it would be great if someone could develop a successful online "Brum" news site.

ahem... http://thebirminghampress.com/

He said successful.



Our finances are much better than theirs.
"Our garden shed ..."

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #35 on: June 19, 2014, 09:56:03 AM »
I think Mat Kendrick gets a lot of very unfair stick, but looking beyond football to the way it reports in general, I find the Mail to be incredibly small time, forever running "OMG! A BRUMMIE IS ON THE TELLY!" style articles, whereas the Birmingham Post is a very positive, much more grown up newspaper.

I appreciate they're aimed at different people, and I guess I am not in the Birmingham Mail target segment, but I genuinely don't see why anyone would part with actual money to buy it.

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #36 on: June 19, 2014, 01:40:09 PM »

I appreciate they're aimed at different people, and I guess I am not in the Birmingham Mail target segment, but I genuinely don't see why anyone would part with actual money to buy it.

The non celebrity death page?
To buy a 2nd had table within reasonable proximity?


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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #37 on: June 19, 2014, 01:52:37 PM »

I appreciate they're aimed at different people, and I guess I am not in the Birmingham Mail target segment, but I genuinely don't see why anyone would part with actual money to buy it.

The non celebrity death page?
To buy a 2nd had table within reasonable proximity?



Do they still have Maureen Messent frothing at the mouth in the Mail?

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #38 on: June 19, 2014, 01:59:06 PM »

I appreciate they're aimed at different people, and I guess I am not in the Birmingham Mail target segment, but I genuinely don't see why anyone would part with actual money to buy it.

The non celebrity death page?
To buy a 2nd had table within reasonable proximity?



Do they still have Maureen Messent frothing at the mouth in the Mail?

Snobbish, sanctimonious, bigoted but not racist as she has some lovely Asian neighbours Maureen? Oh yes.

Offline Simon Ward

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #39 on: June 20, 2014, 10:07:15 AM »
I believe she speaks very highly of you Dave!

Offline Tokyo Sexwhale

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #40 on: June 20, 2014, 01:56:41 PM »
They were giving away free copies this morning, so I took one.  Maureen Messent is still in it!

But, there really wasn't that much to read - I got through it in about 15 minutes.

Offline stuart r

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #41 on: June 20, 2014, 02:33:22 PM »
They were giving away free copies this morning, so I took one.  Maureen Messent is still in it!

But, there really wasn't that much to read - I got through it in about 15 minutes.

It has been free on a Friday for quite a while and going by the amount of people that walk past the distributor chaps in town with a polite 'no thanks' it seems that they literally can't even give it away.

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #42 on: June 20, 2014, 06:20:50 PM »
Been chatting to Bill Howell today as I  deliver his parcel today. He think a takeover will happens but don't know yet.

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #43 on: June 21, 2014, 04:15:56 PM »
I think Mat Kendrick gets a lot of very unfair stick, but looking beyond football to the way it reports in general, I find the Mail to be incredibly small time, forever running "OMG! A BRUMMIE IS ON THE TELLY!" style articles, whereas the Birmingham Post is a very positive, much more grown up newspaper.

I appreciate they're aimed at different people, and I guess I am not in the Birmingham Mail target segment, but I genuinely don't see why anyone would part with actual money to buy it.

Not many people do anymore... it will be gone in five years.

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Re: Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage
« Reply #44 on: June 21, 2014, 04:48:36 PM »
They were giving away free copies this morning, so I took one.  Maureen Messent is still in it!

But, there really wasn't that much to read - I got through it in about 15 minutes.

That's OK. Some of us are just slow readers.

 


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