A correction in today's New York Times addressed their juxtaposition, either accidentally or idiotically, of a photo of a Philadelphia Inquirer and Philly Daily News delivery truck with a business piece on why declining circulation isn't always a bad thing. "Neither The Inquirer nor The Daily News was mentioned in the article, and the photograph was an inappropriate illustration for it." Daily News circ was down 2.3% this year.
I think both papers laid off a bunch of people earlier this year. Circ. going down sure sucks for them!
They were being ironic: Rocky is the internationally accepted symbol for tired franchises that have long overstayed their welcome and outlasted their usefulness... Like newspapers!
photog: "Can we run a photo of our chronically-late delivery trucks?"
editor: "Nah, use Philly's."
photog: "Is there circ also down?"
editor: "How the hell should I know?"
The picture filled up the little empty square, right? What more do they want?
