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gotta love 'em
Posted by
Kristy Gillentine
10/28/2003 12:28:03 PM
our paper, the Texas City (TX) Sun, is affectionately called the "Texas Shitty Sun" by a few around town. Our sister/rival paper is the Galveston...
our paper, the Texas City (TX) Sun, is affectionately called the "Texas Shitty Sun" by a few around town. Our sister/rival paper is the Galveston Daily News, which we like to call the Daily Snooze... then of course there is the Bryan Weasle (Eagle)... the nicknames make it all a lot more fun :)
Newspaper nicknames
Posted by
Claire Duquette
10/28/2003 12:10:03 PM
My paper, The Daily Press, Ashland, Wis. -- "The Daily Mess"
The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis. -- "The Daily Terriblegram"
and the weekly...
My paper, The Daily Press, Ashland, Wis. -- "The Daily Mess"
The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis. -- "The Daily Terriblegram"
and the weekly newspaper in Washburn, Wis., The County Journal, gets "The County Urinal"
Independent-Record
Posted by
Carol VanValkenburg
10/28/2003 1:52:47 PM
Years back, some observers (most of them reporters) referred to the Helena (Mt.) Independent-Record as the Indefensible Wretched
Years back, some observers (most of them reporters) referred to the Helena (Mt.) Independent-Record as the Indefensible Wretched
The Hurled
Posted by
Joe Livernois
10/28/2003 5:59:31 PM
Here on the Central Coast of California I now for the Monterey County Hurled (Herald), which is in fierce competition with the Salinas Californic...
Here on the Central Coast of California I now for the Monterey County Hurled (Herald), which is in fierce competition with the Salinas Californication (Californian). On the other side of the Monterey Bay, the daily snoozepaper is called the Santa Cruz Senile. The dominant weeklies in the region are the Coast Meekly and the Carmel Corn Pone (Pine Cone), which is also known as the Carmel Porn Cone.
Joe Livernois
Independent-Mail
Posted by
Emily (Huigens) Berry
10/28/2003 11:08:55 AM
A co-worker here in Anderson, S.C. came up with this one:
The Impotent-Male.
-Emily Huigens
A co-worker here in Anderson, S.C. came up with this one:
The Impotent-Male.
-Emily Huigens
I always wondered why they dropped the 'daily'
Posted by
Linda Vanderwerf
10/28/2003 1:06:22 PM
My colleagues tell me that years ago our paper was the West Central Daily Tribune, and it was called the Daily Disappointment.
Do you think...
My colleagues tell me that years ago our paper was the West Central Daily Tribune, and it was called the Daily Disappointment.
Do you think that's why they changed the name to simply West Central Tribune? As far as we know there aren't any current nicknames, though some people still use the old one.
I have also worked for the Waseca Daily Urinal (Journal), the Las Cruces Snooze (Sun-News), and the Rapid City Urinal.
Twin Cities papers
Posted by
Lucy Quinlivan
10/28/2003 9:49:56 PM
I've never heard it said, but with all the scatological references I now assume our readers call us the Pioneer Piss. Or maybe the Pus?...
I've never heard it said, but with all the scatological references I now assume our readers call us the Pioneer Piss. Or maybe the Pus?
A coworker reminds me that our former governor, the onetime wrestler and now an up-and-coming MSNBC talk show host, called us the Pioneer Porn because we carried ads for strip bars in our sports pages.
Conservatives in town refer to our competition across the river (the Star Tribune, a/k/a STrib) as the Red Star, but I wish Stribunski would occur to them.
And of course, we've had the weekly Shitty Pages for years.
Employees of our local NBC affiliate are known as the KARE bears because of the station call letters.
Media Man or Media Boy!
Posted by
Greg Tingle
11/24/2003 7:52:58 PM
Having the surname, "Tingle", I endured name calling from young age.
Mind you, this didn't always work out so bad for the fairer sex!
Today...
Having the surname, "Tingle", I endured name calling from young age.
Mind you, this didn't always work out so bad for the fairer sex!
Today, I am the director and broadcaster of Media Man Australia, and guess what...a few folks named me "Media Boy", in the first few months of operation.
Today, 18 months into the business, the names have ceased, and TV outlets sometimes refer me to Greg "Media Man" Tingle, and I have started a book entitled, "From Newport Boy to Media Man!"
Names are powerful. The trick is using them to your advantage.
nasty names
Posted by
Stephen Marshall
10/28/2003 11:54:55 AM
My friend Karen refers to my longtime employer as "Useless Today." I let her get away with this because she is as sharp eyed as...
My friend Karen refers to my longtime employer as "Useless Today." I let her get away with this because she is as sharp eyed as any professional copyeditor I know.
Steve Marshall, USATODAY.com
The Oregonian
Posted by
RuthAlice Anderson
10/28/2003 4:16:30 PM
Here in Portland, the Portland Oregonians is often referred to as the Boregonian or the Big O.
Perhaps uniquely, you can also buy bumper stic...
Here in Portland, the Portland Oregonians is often referred to as the Boregonian or the Big O.
Perhaps uniquely, you can also buy bumper stickers displaying your distate for the Boregonian, playing on their own slogan, If it matters to Oregonians, it's in the Oregonian." This is a reflection of public disdain for their role in covering up the Packwood scandal until AFTER the election.
"If it matters to Oregonians, it's in the Washington Post."
newspaper nicknames
Posted by
Natalie Singer
10/29/2003 4:26:00 PM
I used to work for The Desert Sun, a.k.a The Desperate Scum.
I used to work for The Desert Sun, a.k.a The Desperate Scum.
a sordid history
Posted by
Angela Gunn
10/28/2003 7:58:55 PM
My hometown in Nebraska had the Superior Depress (Express) every week, supplemented with the aforementioned Omaha Weird Harold...
My hometown in Nebraska had the Superior Depress (Express) every week, supplemented with the aforementioned Omaha Weird Harold...
Nicknames I have known
Posted by
Pierce Presley
10/30/2003 12:37:31 AM
My college paper, The (Loyola U. New Orleans) Maroon was frequently called the Moron by those less enchanted with it than the staff.
I worked...
My college paper, The (Loyola U. New Orleans) Maroon was frequently called the Moron by those less enchanted with it than the staff.
I worked at the Benton County (Ark.) Daily Record which has been referred to by the moniker "Daily Retard."
My wife might not have been original when she referred to the AP as the PP, but I haven't really heard of any nicknames for it. But it makes up for it with its red-light internal jargon--it's a shame the late night broadcast trick isn't nearly as fun as it sounds.
Finally, my personal favorite perjoritive isn't a newspaper's; a nurse practioner I know works for Baptist Medical Center. Her husband calls it the Big BM.
Another Disgrace
Posted by
Brenda Box
10/28/2003 6:09:18 PM
The Huntington (WV) Herald Dispatch was known locally as the "Herald Disgrace."
USA Today was nicknamed "McPaper" when it was first launched....
The Huntington (WV) Herald Dispatch was known locally as the "Herald Disgrace."
USA Today was nicknamed "McPaper" when it was first launched.
Also, employees of the now defunct WPBY-TV in Huntington, WV said its call letters stood for "We probably bore you."
Tucson, Arizona
Posted by
James Mitchell
10/28/2003 2:32:40 PM
Readers who think our morning paper, The Arizona Daily Star, leans left have long called it The Red Star.
Readers who think our morning paper, The Arizona Daily Star, leans left have long called it The Red Star.
A distinguishd career?
Posted by
Lea Setegn
10/28/2003 11:16:52 AM
So far, I've worked at the Ithaca Urinal, the Rochester Demigogue and Comical and the Richmond Times-Disgrace. I find it amusing more than degrad...
So far, I've worked at the Ithaca Urinal, the Rochester Demigogue and Comical and the Richmond Times-Disgrace. I find it amusing more than degrading that readers make up nicknames for their newspapers. After all, they wouldn't bother if they didn't care.
Winona, MN
Posted by
Joseph Finn
10/29/2003 12:13:09 PM
In Winona, MN, many people refer to The Winona Daily News as the Winona Daily Fishwrap. About right, too.
In Winona, MN, many people refer to The Winona Daily News as the Winona Daily Fishwrap. About right, too.
newspaper nicknames
Posted by
jeff domenick
10/28/2003 12:02:43 PM
Pittsburgh/Greensburg Tribune-Review: Tribunal-Preview
The (Tarentum, Pa.) Valley News Dispatch: Valley News Disgrace
The now-defunct (Irwi...
Pittsburgh/Greensburg Tribune-Review: Tribunal-Preview
The (Tarentum, Pa.) Valley News Dispatch: Valley News Disgrace
The now-defunct (Irwin, Pa.) Standard-Observer: The Sub-standard-Observer or the Standard-Disturber
very apt
Posted by
Tom Zuppa
11/4/2003 3:50:51 PM
I worked for many years at the Middlesex News (now MetroWest Daily News) in Framingham, MA. It was ripe for nicknames, such as Littlesex or...
I worked for many years at the Middlesex News (now MetroWest Daily News) in Framingham, MA. It was ripe for nicknames, such as Littlesex or Muddlesex, or Middlesux. "The News" because "The Snooze."
To our west was the Worcester Telegram, known as "The Snooze" for its torpid prose.
To the south was the Milford Daily News, where reporters rewrote everything from its competitors, without attribution. Once, they cut one of my stories out, and pasted it on to one of their pages; the font was just different enough that you could tell.
Its nickname: "The Pilferred Daily News."
Wake Up
Posted by
Maria Coole
11/22/2003 11:39:38 PM
Some readers call us the Sunday Snooze. And sometimes I have to agree with them.
Some readers call us the Sunday Snooze. And sometimes I have to agree with them.
The Daily Disappointment
Posted by
Kate Beem
10/28/2003 11:39:57 AM
My first job was at The Examiner in Independence, Mo. The paper often is fondly referred to as The Daily Disappointment.
My first job was at The Examiner in Independence, Mo. The paper often is fondly referred to as The Daily Disappointment.
Daily Erection
Posted by
Thomas Mangan
10/29/2003 11:34:10 AM
My college paper at Southern Illinois University, the Daily Egyptian (long story on why it's the Egyptian so far from the Pyramids), was lovingly...
My college paper at Southern Illinois University, the Daily Egyptian (long story on why it's the Egyptian so far from the Pyramids), was lovingly called the Daily Erection by staff and readers alike.
nicknames
Posted by
Dionne Waugh
10/29/2003 2:57:03 PM
The Richmond Times-Dispatch in Richmond, VA =The Times-Disgrace, the Richmond Trash-Dispatch or the Richmond rag
The Richmond Times-Dispatch in Richmond, VA =The Times-Disgrace, the Richmond Trash-Dispatch or the Richmond rag
Two for the road
Posted by
Al Carson
10/28/2003 11:18:47 AM
I grew up with the The Nuisance & Disturber out of Raleigh, NC
And the Rocky Mount Evening Tell-a-lie
I grew up with the The Nuisance & Disturber out of Raleigh, NC
And the Rocky Mount Evening Tell-a-lie
in Britain....
Posted by
Jay Branegan
10/28/2003 2:11:06 PM
My British newspaper friends invariably refer to the Guardian (nee The Manchester Guardian) as the Groaniad, in part because it's so laden with t...
My British newspaper friends invariably refer to the Guardian (nee The Manchester Guardian) as the Groaniad, in part because it's so laden with typos. It's a pro-Labor paper, vs the Daily Torygraph (Telegraph), a Conservative one.
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