Goodbye, daily newspapers in Detroit

Maui Nick · 12-13-2008, 10:56 AM

As a survivor of the newspaper industry (1), I've been expecting this at one or another major newspaper sooner or later. Still hurts to see it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/1..._n_150721.html

And here's what is supposedly the actual circulation notice at the Freep.

https://ecm-c-mass2one.leepfrog.com/...d.cfm?ccode=pm

(1) I'm yet another member of the American Society of Shitcanned Media Elites. If only the beancounters had recognized inevitability when they saw it, maybe tens of thousands of actual reporters would still have jobs.

12-13-2008, 10:56 AM	#1
Maui Nick ... is not really in Maui. Weird, huh? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Near the beach Posts: 153	Goodbye, daily newspapers in Detroit As a survivor of the newspaper industry (1), I've been expecting this at one or another major newspaper sooner or later. Still hurts to see it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/1..._n_150721.html And here's what is supposedly the actual circulation notice at the Freep. https://ecm-c-mass2one.leepfrog.com/...d.cfm?ccode=pm (1) I'm yet another member of the American Society of Shitcanned Media Elites. If only the beancounters had recognized inevitability when they saw it, maybe tens of thousands of actual reporters would still have jobs. __________________ PROJECT STILL TO BE COMPLETED: Adding silly *.sig.

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