Comments on: The first nail in La Presse's coffin: no more BlackBerrys

By: madeyoulook

madeyoulook — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:27:18 +0000

Haven't picked up a Devoir in ages, so I don't know. But I suspect many people subscribe to it so they can self-identify as subscribers, but not to actually read the thing. Last time I actually paid for one and tried to work my way through it (admittedly many years ago), I gave up and regretted the coinage I surrendered for it. Blech city. I mean, Ville de Blech.

By: madeyoulook

madeyoulook — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:22:20 +0000

Thank's!

By: Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:12:25 +0000

What amazes me is that Le Devoir remains afloat. Do they have some kind of endowment? Or is the newstand price really high?

Nice use of the possessive there in the parenthesis, btw.

By: madeyoulook

madeyoulook — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:59:14 +0000

The French-language Montreal daily that is competently & comfortably in between populist crass crap (JdeM) and pretentious snobbery (bonne centenaire, Le Devoir) is the one to be dying. Shame.

But what will be more of a shame, is the (you heard it here first: inevitable) last-minute political debate over just how much future Quebecers' (and by equalization extension, or even more direct extension, future Canadians') tax dollars should be provided to bail 'em out.