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Letter to our readers: A familiar name returns

Doug in Ohlahoma | 1:04 a.m. April 13, 2008

Welcome back Deseret News!! It's nice to be able to say just "Deseret News" and be politically correct rather than "Deseret Morning News". Great move!!

rvalens2 | 2:08 a.m. April 13, 2008

I guess the next change will be:

D News!

Just kidding ... I love your site and the paper too.

Air Phloo | 2:11 a.m. April 13, 2008

Growing up in SLC in the 80s and 90s, we all called it the D News - sort of like D Will. Anyway, I think the symbolism of this change as outline by Mr. Cannon is important.

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Good | 5:50 a.m. April 13, 2008

I like the change.

ich dien | 7:10 a.m. April 13, 2008

I think my great great grandpa would be pleased, too. I mean, he started this thing and the name followed the schedule.
ich dien

Publius | 7:54 a.m. April 13, 2008

Well, as my mother would have said, "Glory Be!"

Anonymous | 7:57 a.m. April 13, 2008

What wll they think of next but changes are sometimes good but not this one ,I like the DMN (Deseret Moning News) addition the best,

Great | 8:39 a.m. April 13, 2008

Thank you for changing in it back.I have always liked reading the Deseret News and now I can just say Deseret News like I always have. Thank you again for going back to a trusted name.

And this is important . . . why? | 9:17 a.m. April 13, 2008

With all that is going on in the world, this is something that merits a small story, perhaps at the bottom of page 1 of the Utah section, but NOT a full-blown editorial. A little better perspective in the paper's editorial decisions would be much appreciated.

Good move | 9:24 a.m. April 13, 2008

I've never changed from referring to the newspaper as the "Deseret News."

mamapapaluv | 9:29 a.m. April 13, 2008

What's the difference? No matter the name, the content will be the same: Dull, nonsense and every little crumb about the owner. Thank god for the NYTimes, which never changes its name.

John | 10:31 a.m. April 13, 2008

Glad to have the old name back.

Now, if you could dump the liberal bias from the editorial page (and staff) and get somehat close to being a balanced perspective that would be even better. Having a distinctly conservative slant would better reflect Utah values and allow readers a real choice.

Salt Lake already suffers from one hyper-liberal rag, and there is no need to try to imitate them.

As for the NY Times? Their name has not changed but their content has become totally biased liberal garbage. Not just on the editorial page, but throughout. Their circulation and advertising are plummeting, and their credibility is a joke among those who pay attention to multiple news sources. Hardly a role model for any newspaper expecting to exist a decade from now.

Now that's funny | 10:43 a.m. April 13, 2008

The D-News and liberal in the same post.

Next you'll try and tell us Dick Harmon is a Ute fan.

To mamapapaluv | 10:42 a.m. April 13, 2008

Why waste your time??

Whatchamacallit | 11:35 a.m. April 13, 2008

I like the short ans simple DesNews, partly because if you slur a little it sounds like Da Snooze.

John | 11:55 a.m. April 13, 2008

When are you going to go back to delivering the paper to the front porch, instead of the gutter in the street? That was the biggest mistake the company ever made.

A very stupid move.

loveathome | 12:22 p.m. April 13, 2008

well it is a lot easier to say than my hometown newspaper ... The Seattle-Post Intelligencer!

Verdell Bishop | 12:31 p.m. April 13, 2008

I felt it was an error to make the change in the beginning and I am happy that you have corrected that error. Change for change's sake is not always better

Matt Connelly | 1:15 p.m. April 13, 2008

Glad to see the Deseret News recognized their strategic error and changed back to the well-branded name. Deseret Morning News never quite rolled off the tongue too easily. It never felt right, and, strategically, it never made sense in a the world of instantaneous web news and an ever decreasing print circulation.

Wiley Old School | 1:47 p.m. April 13, 2008

Wow! Just how old are you, John? I was a Deseret News paper boy in the seventies and only a select few customers got their paper on the porch. Hint: tip well and you'll get it on the porch again!

I read both | 1:49 p.m. April 13, 2008

I like to get a balanced view of my world so I always read the SL Tribune to get my news with an anti-LDS liberal bias, as well as the Deseret News for a pro-LDS liberal bias. Would that there were a conservative / pro-constitution / pro-limited-government, self-reliant option. Especially in the local market.

And what with the LDS ownership of the DesNews, what an ideal place to preach the virtues of self-reliance and private, voluntary charity as viable alternatives ever more intrusive, expensive, and inefficient government. Or maybe even to take a stand in favor of honoring, obeying, and sustaining the law and loving our native culture rather than yet another media outlet soft-peddling the damages and dangers of unchecked numbers of illegal aliens in our nation.

Such a shift in editorial philosophy would really be news. Maybe someday. Until then, I suppose we'll have to settle for minor name changes.

THANKS, DesNews | 2:00 p.m. April 13, 2008

THANK YOU Deseret News, for continuing to offer FREE on-line news. That is what I read every day, because my local paper and the other papers in my area, or other big papers I would consider reading require either payment (for more than one or two stories)or they require annoying registration. I hope you know there are TONS of us out here in the world, far from Utah, that appreciate the fun, free, connection to home. Don't know how you are able to offer it for free when others won't, but we sure appreciate it! (Hope you make $$$$$ from all your advertising!!) WE LOVE YOU!

Oldie | 2:30 p.m. April 13, 2008

John: I was a paperboy in the 50s and everyone got their paper on the porch, tip or no tip.

Boneheads | 2:47 p.m. April 13, 2008

Whenever I forget how many boneheads there are out there, reading these comments reminds me. That's the best part about having this feature.

Jon | 3:01 p.m. April 13, 2008

I was a paperboy in the late 80's and early 90's and I porched everyone unless they wanted it on the driveway, and I did it from the sidewalk while riding my bike, not slowing down--dang I'm good :)

But that was the San Jose Mercury News, not the Des News. Everyone I know who gets the des news gets it on their driveway. My 70 year-old mom tips about 20 bucks a month just to be nice and she still gets it at the foot of the driveway. Ticks me off. Anyway, yeah, I guess that's what happens when the paper is delivered by 30-something guys in cars instead of kids on bikes.

whatever | 4:20 p.m. April 13, 2008

at least this newspaper is better than the substandard exaggerater

tstu | 6:39 p.m. April 13, 2008

Yeah, the classic prevails!!

George | 6:44 p.m. April 13, 2008

Now matter what you call yourselves, you will always be The Snooze.

TO: mamapapaluv | 6:50 p.m. April 13, 2008

Then why do you read it?

Red Flag | 11:49 p.m. April 13, 2008

to mamapapaluv: The New York Times and Pravda, never change their names OR their Marxist point of view.

Anonymous | 6:37 a.m. April 14, 2008

It's nice to see a return to the roots. I have been a critic of the Deseret News in the past and have at times refused to read it ever again because of the shunning of its base audience, mormons. But wether it be a credit to Mr. Cannon or not, I have noticed in recent months the return to its roots.

bod | 7:07 p.m. April 14, 2008

How did they shun mormons?

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