The W
May 17, 2011 - save.jpg
Views: 178577720
Main | FAQ | Search: Y! / G | Calendar | Color chart | Log in for more!
18.3.24 2236
The W - Print - Death of a Newspaper
This thread has 6 referrals leading to it
Register and log in to post!
Thread rated: 5.79
Pages: 1
(579 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
User
Post (2 total)
Sec19Row53
Lap cheong








Since: 2.1.02
From: Oconomowoc, WI

Since last post: 22 days
Last activity: 5 hours
#1 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.76
There may be no interest in this one other than myself and TheThrill, but here's an interesting read on the last day of a local newspaper. The Green Bay News-Chronicle came into existence back in 1972 due to a strike. It survived far longer than anyone gave it the chance to do. It will cease existence after today's issue.

http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=131801



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/Sec19Row53/OlBallgame.jpg
Promote this thread!
The Thrill
Banger








Since: 16.4.02
From: Green Bay, WI

Since last post: 3624 days
Last activity: 223 days
#2 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.25
God bless the men of 2nd Bn, 127th Inf, 32d "Red Arrow" Brigade, WI Army Nat'l Guard...good luck, and come home soon.

FYI...Gannett (the Borg what own USA Today) have owned the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the town's oldest paper, for years now. They bought out the "little paper that could" competition, the Green Bay News-Chronicle a year or two ago.

When I was a kid, and the Press-Gazette was an evening paper, I would devour the sports on the back page of the News-Chronicle before heading off to school.

The Chron's shape was a lot easier to hold and read, too. I'll miss it. At least Gannett is giving jobs to approx. 80% of the Chron's old work force...but I wonder if Lyle Lahey, the awesome editorial cartoonist, will have work. It's not like he can supplant the Press-Gazette's equally awesome Joe Heller.

So long, newsprint competition...ye will be missed in Titletown.




Rebecca Louise Ross
1947-2005
R.I.P., Mom...

www.pancreatic.org

Thread rated: 5.79
Pages: 1
Thread ahead: The only things that are certain are Death, Taxes, and Bucky staying dead... Err, what's that you sa
Next thread: George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire
Previous thread: GL Rebirth has concluded.....
(579 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
Not that I necessarily expect you to listen, but a podcast that I used to listen to returned after a 14 month hiatus to talk about the situation. http://ww.libsyn.com/webcomics-weekly-1-reboots
The W - Print - Death of a NewspaperRegister and log in to post!

The W™ message board

ZimBoard
©2001-2024 Brothers Zim

This old hunk of junk rendered your page in 0.137 seconds.