Comments on: AnnArbor.com Execs Answer Questions

By: Susan Cybulski

Susan Cybulski — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:13:01 +0000

I disagree with Jon Boyd’s decree that the print product is never coming back. There seems to be plenty of concern community-wide about the loss of our print newspaper. A lot of this will depend on whether Annarbor.com can successfully fill the void, but indeed, that remains to be seen.

If demand exists, the market will fill it.

By: Jon Boyd Ann Arbor real estate buyer agent

Jon Boyd Ann Arbor real estate buyer agent — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:53:21 +0000

I understand it takes some effort to accept change, but remember that the news business is a for-profit business.

The demand for the newspaper product is never coming back and I appreciate the team doing their best to fill the need.

By: J Noel

J Noel — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:53:50 +0000

I do support the efforts of Tony Dearing, Laurel Champion and Matt Kraner. After all, they have a heritage and allegiance which they bring with them to their effort.

But, so far, I’m as hung up as anyone who’s followed this story. There are just too many imponderables when it comes to “end result.” In other words: we are in a worst-case scenario because we won’t know if annarbor.com will succeed in bringing us a satisfying replacement for the the print paper or even if it will succeed financially. I also join others when thinking about Jeff Larcom and Jo Mathis – but we’re left hanging as to “their fate.”

So it guess we’re stuck with “wait and see” – and “hope for the best.” Which goes against my Ann Arbor citizen’s grain, so to speak. I’ll have to remain slightly negative-to-neutral on things like Facebook being involved. I suppose that it won’t hurt to try that feature if it looks personally advantageous.

The “keeps me awake at night” question is: If annarbor.com fails, there’s no going back.

Finally, kudos to the Ann Arbor Chronicle for their coverage of this and other Ann Arbor topics.