Posted on 08/28/2018 9:51:55 AM PDT by davikkm
The city of Pittsburgh will become the largest U.S. city without a daily print newspaper following the Post-Gazette’s announcement that it is ceasing publication of its Tuesday and Saturday editions. The 232-year-old Post-Gazette announced in June that it planned to scale back print editions of its daily newspaper, while leaving the schedule of its digital version unchanged.
“It’s the year 2018, and with the way people review and expect to review information and news, we think we’re doing the right thing,” said Block Communications Inc. vice president of legal and government affairs Keith Wilkowski in a statement. “We will be publishing a (digital) newspaper seven days a week.”
“[F]rankly, we reach more people via online than through the print publication,” the executive added.
The Post-Gazette’s editorial employee union president Mike Fuoco slammed the decision to cut back daily print edition of the paper, suggesting the move would be a breach of “public trust.”
“We’re very sorry the company has made this decision. We’re very sorry for the people who cherish having print newspapers seven days a week, and there’s a lot of people like that,” a disappointed Fuoco wrote. “I know that it’s a difficult time for newspapers, but I think that the Blocks need to also recognize that there’s a public trust and a public responsibility that they have by owning a newspaper that’s been in existence for 231 years,” he added. “I would hate to think that they’re abandoning that legacy.”
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Hopefully we’ll settle for a tie, and soon...
“:^)
Considering I read websites and ebooks, print is becoming a dinosaur.
My favorite formats for reading are epub and djvu. Both easier to read comfortably than pdf.
Print had its day and now people prefer to read on their phone or tablet:
All those trees... never thought liberals would be ahem - environmentally insensitive when it came to j.o.b.s.
You learn something new every day.
“[F]rankly, we reach more people via online than through the print publication,”
How are they going to wrap fish with the digital version?
Screw the ink stained wretches.
Trying to sell hate America; hate conservatives and hate Trump didn’t work out so well I see.
My first job was delivery of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bulletin, Daily News (which had an AM and PM edition) along with Daily Local News. Liberalism destroyed the newspaper.
“Plenty of coupons are available “On line”. “
Good luck with that ... all online coupons are tracking tools that invade your privacy. NO SIR EEE
It is a start.
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