MetroTimes a shell of its former self ?

[nain rouge]

IIRC it was all about cost cutting and a directive from out of state ownership that was trying to sell it. I think everyone in Ferndale, RO and BHam knows where the strip clubs are and how to get a hold of hookers without the MT.

Possibly, but is Ferndale cheaper than - say - Woodbridge? It just gave off the wrong vibe, especially after MT moved a lot of the Blowout festivities to Ferndale BEFORE moving the company to Ferndale. The reasons MT gave for moving out of the city weren't convincing to me.

This blurb about the Blowout from HuffPost is interesting in light of the subsequent move:
Metro Times publisher Chris Sexson told the Oakland Press that going to Hamtramck was outside some people's "comfort zone."

“Hamtramck has a certain character and personality that is awesome and just perfect for rock ’n’ roll music," Sexson told the paper. "But I’ve found, even among some of the younger music and creative people, that some people don’t want to go down there, the same as some people might not want to go into downtown Detroit."

Granted, what happened in Hamtramck during one of the Blowouts was a tragedy, but still...

[Wesley Mouch]

The entertainment/bars information is valuable -- and useful printed. But on the editorial side, they have no reason to exist.

Nice to have a rabble rousing paper, but frankly nobody wants to pay for good journalism in print today. The advertisers just want eyeballs, and the editorial aspect of MT is just to give credence to the paper so people pick it up. Its a lot like the hard-cutting journalism in Playboy. Its only there as cover.