Morning Final
Posted on | February 27, 2009 at 7:46 am | 7 Comments
On Wednesday, I first heard about the closing down of the SF Chronicle from my friend Sue. Today, I woke up to the last ever edition of the Rocky Mountain News:
To no one’s surprise, E.W. Scripps finally pulled the plug on the tabloid-format Rocky after months of failing to find a buyer for the financially strapped paper. I’m not terribly sad. My subscription reverts over to the full sheet-format Denver Post, since the two papers had combined subscription departments anyway due to the Joint Operating Agreement. I’m thinking it’s a good time to just cancel the subscription altogether, although I may keep getting the Sunday paper. Gotta have those coupons! I find it interesting that the DP is adding all of the RMN’s comic strips. That’s going to be one bloated comics page. They’re also adding some of the columnists. I actually feel sorry for those, since the columnists who are not being picked up by the Post are getting a head start on finding New Journalism jobs (i.e writing blogs) or other forms of employment. By the time the Post shuts down, there won’t be any of those left either.
Latre.
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7 Responses to “Morning Final”
February 27th, 2009 @ 10:41 am
I saw that headline and thought that Colorado was ending, not the paper. Whew!
February 27th, 2009 @ 3:51 pm
Sorry to see the last of the old Snooze…
February 27th, 2009 @ 5:45 pm
I picked up my copy, it’s the most interesting edition in years. Considering all it was these days was reprinted AP stories that you had to pay for then recycle, I can’t say I will miss it.
February 27th, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
Pet Peeve of Forever: Any and all words using “bro”…
March 1st, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
They’ll start whittling away on the comics when nobody is looking like they always do.
March 1st, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
They’ll start whittling away on the comics when nobody is looking like they always do.
It’s funny – today’s (Sunday) Post still had the separate section for the RMN funnies, with the RMN logo and everything.
March 3rd, 2009 @ 4:30 am
The funnies are printed about a week in advance. Wait six months.