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Where's Jagr? Hint: Not Pittsburgh

Whether you're a fan of the Flyers signing Jaromir Jagr on merit alone or not, I hope you can at least derive some pleasure from the fact that the city of Pittsburgh had to cancel its Welcome Home parade for him. It's a little funny to me to see how many hockey media personalities—not even just Pittsburgh folks—are treating Jagr as some sort of traitor in the wake of his signing with the Flyers. I guess that has more to do with his side not being perfectly forthright with the Pens, but when you look at the result, it's hard to fault them. First of all, he's been a Capital, a Ranger, and played in the KHL, then had multiple teams courting him the whole way back to North America. Second, the Flyers gave him $1.3 million more than the Pens reportedly offered. It's kind of a no-brainer for the Jagr camp.

But, that doesn't make it any less enjoyable to peruse the Pittsburgh papers and blogs to see that after Tyler Kennedy signing, the big news in the Burgh is that the Flyers nabbed both Jagr and Max Talbot. Hell, Jagr and Talbot leaving is actually the top story at the P-G Sports page right now .

If your brain works about as well as mine does on a Saturday morning and Where's Waldo is about your level of aptitude, head over to Pensblog to see a larger version of the Where's Jagr graphic above. I promise you Jags is in there. After looking for 5 minutes and thinking that TPB would totally post something like that and not actually include a Jagr image, I finally found him.

They also have a nice video montage of Jagr and Talbot, set to a song I've never previously liked, but loved in this context. Nice job, Pensblog . That you hate this makes me love it more.

Amid new media outlets, newspapers still have major role, bishop ...

PITTSBURGH (CNS) -- Although social media is the rage in today's world of communication, one Catholic bishop offered an impassioned speech in support of Catholic print publications.

During a panel discussion June 23 at the 2011 Catholic Media Convention, Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik said Catholic newspapers and magazines continue to be the best way to reach people in the pews.

"There has been no greater and more consistent success in Catholic communications in the United States than through the use of print," the bishop said.

He cited figures from the Catholic Press Association's official directory, which showed that Catholic newspapers and magazines in the United States and Canada reach almost 13 million households.

"That is an extraordinary number and that is still going on today," said Bishop Zubik. "We can and we must use every means of social communications available to us today: television, radio, Twitter, Facebook, Skype and whatever has evolved since you and I began our meeting this morning. But I believe that it is incumbent on us as bishops and on us as church to maintain a vital Catholic print presence."

His remarks were greeted with applause.

Bishop Zubik noted that he could not predict whether the printed word would still have the same impact in 20 years, but today, "absolutely and fundamentally the best option ... to evangelize the evangelizers, is through Catholic print."

The cost of publishing a newspaper remains an obstacle for diocesan publications, Bishop Zubik said, offering several suggestions.

"First of all, the key is circulation," said Bishop Zubik. "Bishops ... need to know the content of their newspaper. But they also must know how the newspaper operates financially."

A large circulation helps generate advertising, he said, "and the advertising revenue pays the bills."

"Ideally, newspapers can exist without subsidies through circulation and advertising revenues, but this can only be done through the parishes," Bishop Zubik continued.

He said that his diocesan newspaper, the Pittsburgh Catholic, with a circulation of 111,250, has been operating with a parish mandate since 1972.

"The mandate is based on 40 percent of the number of households in each given parish. This has generated in turn enough advertising income that we in Pittsburgh have not had to raise our subscription rates in nearly 10 years," Bishop Zubik said.

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