Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Death of Dailies

In case you haven't heard, you should know that the Rocky Mountain News is scheduled to stop production, issuing its final edition on Friday. The news came fast from one of my colleagues in Ohio that the owner of the Willoughby (Ohio) News Herald and the Lorain (Ohio) Morning Journal has filed for bankruptcy.
I love nothing more than the feel of a newspaper. Sure, I am as much of a web news junkie as anyone in this Internet era, but I still love the feel of a paper and I know that dailies are one of the most critical components of a democratic society.
I wish more people would understand that and do more to help save the dailies.

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