>>> Was “Pigs Fly” a lie? Or is it all some kind of misunderstanding, Officer? Hard to say for sure, and for the many out there that wondered if the Inquirer was cooking the numbers on their much-celebrated circulation boost last year, here is your lone gunman. An independent audit that just came out says that Inky circulation actually dropped last September by 17,209 copies, for the Sunday Inky, and 211 copies for the daily Inky. Cold comfort to this week’s deaded 68, no? [Editor&Publisher]
>>> But the train just rolls along: Here are our protagonists just last week at a conference in Orlando:

The goal is to attract new audiences online, and be realistic about print readership, which isn’t about young people. “We’re targeting women 35+,” says Tierney. “We’re being very, very tactical” with beach promotions, etc.

But without Faye Flam, isn’t this… oh, never mind. We just don’t have the heart. [LocalOnliner]
>>> Is this ex-City Paper managin ed/now Johnny Doc campaign manager Brian Hickey, already whining on the Angry Journalist? For the third time in this rumblings, say it ain’t so. [WillDo]

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