Posted on 01/11/2009 5:40:28 AM PST by abb
The Cincinnati Post: 1881-2007.
The Albuquerque Tribune: 1922-2008.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 1863-2009?
If Seattle's oldest newspaper stops publishing this spring — a strong possibility after owner Hearst announced Friday that the P-I is for sale — it will join a long list of American papers that have fallen victim in recent years to changing habits, economics and technology.
Nearly 200 dailies have expired since 1990. And, in almost every instance, their deaths have touched off civic mourning that suggests a shuttered newspaper is more than just another failed business.
In Seattle, the grieving already has begun. "This is a civic crisis," said Anne Bremner, co-chair of the Committee for a Two-Newspaper Town, a group that formed six years ago when a legal battle with the rival Seattle Times threatened the P-I's future.
At their best, newspapers serve as community watchdogs, mirrors, forums. "No one doubts their value in our democracy," Mayor Greg Nickels said Friday.
That value is enhanced, many say, when a city is served by two or more newspapers, not just one. That's why the P-I's likely demise is so troubling.
"Competition improves the quality of journalism," said Kathy George, the two-newspaper committee's attorney and a former P-I reporter and editor. "If you lose that, there's going to be less incentive to break important stories and to be aggressive watchdogs."
Don't count on bloggers or talk radio to fill the gap, said former state Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge, another committee leader: They mostly talk about what's in the newspapers.
But two-newspaper towns are disappearing fast. Markets larger than Seattle — Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Phoenix — have had just one daily for years.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
Especially this guy. I e-mailed him and told him I looked forward to the day when the P.I. ceased just so he couldn’t publish this tripe.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/382164_Joel08.html
They may as well close, there won’t be any scandals they can report on now. We are witnessing the end of the Buggy Whip industry.
Pray for W, America and Our Troops
It’s hard to feel sorry for anybody who voted for change and now, suddenly is out of a job.
Read it and you will be as intelligent as a post.
Greg Nickels can’t even run his own city (and especially not in a snowstorm.) What can he possibly teach us about other matters? lol
http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/
Scoopless in Seattle: P-I beat on own sad news
Friday morning’s PI story said they were “surprised” by the news. I suggest anyone in the newspaper business that was surprised is too stupid to be a reporter.
“too stupid to be a reporter”
That may have been true in the past, but these days, it may just fit the bill..
“But the courts have never been logical.”
Especially lately, and can you imagine under the usurper in chief?
“But the courts have never been logical.”
Especially lately, and can you imagine under the usurper in chief?
No, I am horrified of what to expect from the Court of Zero.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003929188
‘P-I’ Cooked? Buyer for Seattle Daily Looks Unlikely
I was doing a google image search for funeral processions to somehow commemorate the new Official Dino Media Wake threads.
:)
Who did it?
Son-in-law. He’s good with photoshop.
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