memebag Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 The Chronicle site automatically logs me in, same as HAIF. Surely my readership is being logged somewhere through this method.You can disable that. I read that site, and it never logs me on.They can still see that someone is requesting pages, and they can also see that same someone never clicks through their ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I prefer to have the traditional 'hard copy' issues of the Chron for the following:Crossword puzzlesSudokuJumbleTelevision listingsComicsCouponsThese features are a lot more couch-friendly than online viewing, and pretty much were the deciding factors in my latest (reluctant) decision to renew home delivery. But the Chron seems determined to change my mind. The TV schedules have become a bad joke. They're incomplete, no longer list programs airing between 12am-6am (when many of the best movies appear on TCM) and are often totally inaccurate. The dailies don't even list guests on Letterman, Leno or O'Brien. Much of the content of the Chron has been turned over to pap. "t.m.i." and "Shopgirl" and gossip-y items crowd out more substantial fare. Also, home delivery has been sketchy. Once or twice a week I have to call to report an undelivered/lost/stolen newspaper, a minor annoyance when their automated system is functioning. Frequently, it is not. Spending twenty minutes on hold so that I can report that a 75 cent newspaper hasn't been delivered makes my time worth $2.25/hr.Hardly seems worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 We've actually gotten 4 or 5 papers delivered to us since we've moved in, and we don't order it. Not the promos to try to get you to sign up either, just a random paper. Our front yards are fenced and they toss it all the way to the door, so it's not like I can leave it there so the proper neighbor can come get it. I am contemplating a subscription though. Jumble and coupons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 But the Chron seems determined to change my mind. The TV schedules have become a bad joke. They're incomplete, no longer list programs airing between 12am-6am (when many of the best movies appear on TCM) and are often totally inaccurate. The dailies don't even list guests on Letterman, Leno or O'Brien.I'm surprised the Chronicle still has TV listings. Many of the big papers are dropping them entirely because so many people use on-screen guides. I know the Chicago Sun-Times and the Boston Globe have. I doubt they were the first, or the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I keep a weekend subscription to the Chron only because I prefer the paper version of the real estate listings. Something about a Martha Turner spread with 3 million dollar homes in tiny, blurry photos. And the poor slobs whose homes are only going for 1 million, they only rate black and white. And all the glamour shots of the agents. Can't get that online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I'm surprised the Chronicle still has TV listings. Many of the big papers are dropping them entirely because so many people use on-screen guides. I know the Chicago Sun-Times and the Boston Globe have. I doubt they were the first, or the last.Ah, but we poor slobs who have Basic Cable don't have an on-screen guide anymore. That was the first thing Comcast did when it took over Time-Warner: the TV Guide channel was pulled. The weekly listing that comes with the Sunday paper (formerly called the Chronolog) has been retitled to reflect its new sponsor: Comcast TV. In other words, if you don't upgrade your service, you damn well better put up with not knowing what's going to be airing. And online listings are no answer; they're slow and cumbersome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 These features are a lot more couch-friendly than online viewing, and pretty much were the deciding factors in my latest (reluctant) decision to renew home delivery.I said the same thing until I got a small laptop. I still like to buy the Saturday paper on occasions for the car dealership ads, and the Sunday paper for real estate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 (edited) I said the same thing until I got a small laptop. I still like to buy the Saturday paper on occasions for the car dealership ads, and the Sunday paper for real estate.I have two laptops. Unlike the newspaper, I prefer not to use either of them while I'm eating breakfast. Much as I hate to channel Clifford Stoll in an online equivalent of "you damn kids get off my lawn", I sit in front of a keyboard for enough hours every day as it is. If I'm going to read something at length, I'll take dead tree over LCD almost every time. Edited October 29, 2008 by mkultra25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I prefer Sudoku on my iPod touch and the news in my NetNewswire news reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I don't know about the chronicle. They've been getting very sloppy and messy online. I usually go there for good laughs from the reader's comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I used to try and subscribe for weekends only, but they'd start throwing it every single day. I did this several times. That's when I stopped altogether - too much paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Those of you with iPhones and iPod Touches who don't like the paper's TV grid and don't like your on-screen guide either (hate mine -- it only shows four channels at a time!), there's a free app called i.tv that works really well for TV listings. If you see something you like it can e-mail you a reminder, too. And some shows you can even watch a preview for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klein Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 The Houston Chronicle will be featured in a Modern Marvels show Schedule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Newspapers seem to be screwed as a whole... only the large "national" newspapers will survive in their current state: NYTimes, WSJ, USAT, WashPost.looks like the New York Times may not survive after allinteresting website mapping all the lay-offs and the buy-outs in the newspaper industry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Well I was shocked the Houston Chronicle had a quote in the commercial for Pineapple Express. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Houston Chroncile Layoffs, originally uploaded by fcarters. fcarters took this great picture of a truck passing the Houston Chroncile building. You can look at it as a beautiful photograph, or a metaphor for large issues in our society. Your choice.Fcarters posted this picture in the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr. You can add you photos to the group.  Just click here:  HAIF Houston Photo Pool on Flickr . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Houston Chroncile Layoffs, originally uploaded by fcarters. fcarters took this great picture of a truck passing the Houston Chroncile building. You can look at it as a beautiful photograph, or a metaphor for large issues in our society. Your choice.Fcarters posted this picture in the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr. You can add you photos to the group.  Just click here:  HAIF Houston Photo Pool on Flickr . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfre81 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 More like time buzzing past newspapers.Great shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMME Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I hate to say it, but I think fcarter photographed death on the Chronicle's door. On the upside, I don't think anybody ever caught the messenger of death in a still photo before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Anybody notice the ad on the back of the Chronicle's 29-95 section last Thursday? I was surprised to see the F*ck Buttons listed (without the asterisk). Seems odd that broadcast stations can get whopping fines for dropping the f-bomb, but it's ok for newspapers to print it or allow it in an ad? And on the back of a section that's often kept for reference, to boot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Anybody notice the ad on the back of the Chronicle's 29-95 section last Thursday? I was surprised to see the F*ck Buttons listed (without the asterisk). Seems odd that broadcast stations can get whopping fines for dropping the f-bomb, but it's ok for newspapers to print it or allow it in an ad? And on the back of a section that's often kept for reference, to boot!The FCC's iron boot does not have trampling power over the printed media.But, I'm surprised, too. Houston Press, sure, but the Chron ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Wow, I hadn't noticed. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 The Chronicle missed it...they won't even put the "Butthole Surfers" in print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I imagine kids all over Houston are screaming the F word nonchalantly after this outrageous lapse in editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Anybody notice the ad on the back of the Chronicle's 29-95 section last Thursday? I was surprised to see the F*ck Buttons listed (without the asterisk). Seems odd that broadcast stations can get whopping fines for dropping the f-bomb, but it's ok for newspapers to print it or allow it in an ad? And on the back of a section that's often kept for reference, to boot!Broadcast stations are subject to government regulation that newspapers aren't because there is a finite amount of radio spectrum for all broadcasts to use, so the precious commodity is rationed by the government. Newspapers can do whatever they want because, in theory, you can have an infinite number of newspapers, so they are not subject to regulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudemeister Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'm sorry that I missed that.I need to read the Chronicle more often instead of just the online version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfootball Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) Among the High Schools in NW Harris County...Cy-Fair ISD had 4 Tier One Rankings:Cy-Woods HSJersey Village HSCy-Fair HSCy-Creek HS(*Cy-Ranch not yet rated)Klein ISD had 1 Tier One Ranking:Klein HSSource: http://www.scribd.co...ANKINGS-ALL-PDF Edited April 22, 2012 by mrfootball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 The Chronicle has several radio spots from the 60s on their website that really show where they were coming from half a century ago!http://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2012/10/the-sounds-of-the-houston-chronicle/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Has anyone noticed that the Houston Chronicle has gotten physically much narrower (along with other papers like the College Station paper and the Waco paper)? The College Station shrinking was quite aggravating, since it made columns less readable and distorted the comics even more (I can now cover most of a panel of "Peanuts" with my thumb). What do you think? How long have they been doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 it has been a while since I've used one physically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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