Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard was the only competitor in the 21-school field to reel off five sub-eighty rounds on Sunday, but yesterday the capricious winds and spike-marked greens made the Geoffrey Cornish-designed course a stern examination paper...
...Chinese restaurants of journalism-an hour after you read them you're still hungry." As for the newly restyled Times (circ. 854,000), Saffir calls it "successful, fat, stuffy" and alleges that the paper has perpetrated a virtual news blackout on the birth of its new morning competitor. Counters Times Executive Editor A.M. Rosenthal: "Mr. Saffir's remarks are too contemptible to answer." It is true that the Times has limited its Trib coverage to brief announcements. But Times editors have reason to be skeptical. Beginning in 1973, they devoted considerable attention to the plans of Oilman John...
...course, was on hand for that very first Walker Cup Match, played in 1922, at the National Golf Links next door to Shinnecock. Thom could have ably represented either side, but the man who made the biggest splash in the first contest was not even slated as a competitor...
Just because such talent is syndicated does not mean it always sees print. Some editors subscribe to a feature simply to keep it out of the hands of a competitor. Syndicated scribblers are also accustomed to having their more controversial works suppressed, a frequent fate of Jack Anderson's sometimes steamy disclosures and Doonesbury's acid wit. Such censorship, however, can boomerang. The New York News last week quietly dropped six Doonesburys that poked fun at the paper for its breathless Son of Sam coverage. To be sure that the twitting of its rival be made public, Rupert...
...sure, the biweekly New West has racked up an impressive 315,038 circulation and an average of 52 ad pages per issue since its inception. Yet the new magazine so far lacks the style and focus of its competitor, and seems to have leveled out in readership and advertising gains. New West's subscription-renewal rate is running at a disappointing 40%, v. L.A. 's robust 76%; the latter also has a healthy newsstand circulation at $1.50, 50% more than New West's at $1. As a further measure of L.A. 's success, the magazine...