Comments on: Is The Wall Street Journal Abandoning Local Restaurant Reviews? http://www.mediaite.com/print/is-the-wall-street-journal-abandoning-local-restaurant-reviews/ Mediaite Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2012.06 By: Magister http://www.mediaite.com/print/is-the-wall-street-journal-abandoning-local-restaurant-reviews/#comment-31035 Magister Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:36:13 +0000 http://www.mediaite.com/?p=97087#comment-31035 From purely a business perspective: An article about "food trends", which as you note is a broader topic, could be repurposed and republished throughout the WSJ/NewsCorp network, while a review of a restaurant would only be usable in a single market and for publication, once. IOW: It sounds like a cost-cutting, synergastic, maximizing investment, kind of thing to me. From purely a business perspective: An article about “food trends”, which as you note is a broader topic, could be repurposed and republished throughout the WSJ/NewsCorp network, while a review of a restaurant would only be usable in a single market and for publication, once.

IOW: It sounds like a cost-cutting, synergastic, maximizing investment, kind of thing to me.

]]> By: Zach Seward http://www.mediaite.com/print/is-the-wall-street-journal-abandoning-local-restaurant-reviews/#comment-30996 Zach Seward Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:46 +0000 http://www.mediaite.com/?p=97087#comment-30996 Hey, Drew. The answer to the question in your headline is contained in the NYT piece you've linked to: “We are not abandoning restaurant reviews and are still committed broadly to food coverage." I don't know anything more about it, but that's definitely true. Hey, Drew. The answer to the question in your headline is contained in the NYT piece you’ve linked to: “We are not abandoning restaurant reviews and are still committed broadly to food coverage.” I don’t know anything more about it, but that’s definitely true.

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