Comments on: Circuit City Takes a Dirt Nap

By: Mind if I Pay These Late Fees With a Few of My Blockbuster Shares? | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:08:55 +0000

[...] relevant have been head-shakers at best. A $1.3 billion gambit for an electronics chain that would go bankrupt less than a year later? A weak (and costly) set-top box offering that would later be made redundant by a deal with TiVo [...]

By: When the Lights Go Down in Circuit City, Redux | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:53:11 +0000

[...] powering down for the last time. It’s shelves nearly empty after weeks of liquidation sales, the bankrupt consumer electronics chain will shutter its remaining stores on March 8. That’s a bit earlier than originally planned. [...]

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eNomy.Com » Blog Archive » Are Online Ads Doing Better? — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:39:38 +0000

[...] then rushes to point out that consumer electronic ads are weak (obviously), that ads his salesmen have booked so far could still get pulled, that his numbers are preliminary [...]

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Coobler Blog! » Are Online Ads Doing Better? — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:29:04 +0000

[...] then rushes to point out that consumer electronic ads are weak (obviously), that ads his salesmen have booked so far could still get pulled, that his numbers are preliminary [...]

By: Are Online Ads Doing Better Than Expected? Or Just as Bad as We Thought? [MediaMemo] | LinkTouch

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:48:22 +0000

[...] then rushes to point out that consumer electronic ads are weak (obviously), that ads his salesmen have booked so far could still get pulled, that his numbers are preliminary [...]

By: Are Online Ads Doing Better Than Expected? Or Just As Bad As We Thought? | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:45:34 +0000

[...] then rushes to point out that consumer electronic ads are weak (obviously); that ads his salesmen have booked so far could still get pulled; that his numbers are [...]

By: Broken Circuit « Connected

Broken Circuit « Connected — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:46:55 +0000

[...] · No Comments After declaring bankruptcy in November, Circuit City announced that it is officially closing its doors and going out of business. Only a couple years ago companies could not grow fast enough, [...]

By: Sam Harrison

Sam Harrison — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:43:20 +0000

too bad…management fugged it up while the workers in the stores kept it going

sorry to see it go

By: Circuit City Takes a Dirt Nap [Digital Daily] | heave-ho.org

Circuit City Takes a Dirt Nap [Digital Daily] | heave-ho.org — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:50:44 +0000

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By: tom obrien

tom obrien — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:08:56 +0000

Hmmm. This goes all the way back to a chain of events that kicked off when the genius management decided to fire their most expensive (read best) sales people.

http://tinyurl.com/63glu7

Idiots.

Tom O’Brien

By: John Paczkowski

John Paczkowski — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:01:31 +0000

Actually, Ross. I wrote that headline. I write all my headlines.

“Dirt nap” is vernacular. And while some folks might find it raw or insensitive, I think it falls within norms of acceptability for the site.

Incidentally, there is a precedent for using “dirt nap” in a tech news headline.

By: ross richardson

ross richardson — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:19:39 +0000

Wow … what a tasteless, sophomoric headline.

I realize an editor might write headlines on John’s pieces, and I suspect that’s the case here since the story is professionally written.

However, it’s John’s name that’s attached. I’d be angry if someone made me look this petty.