The Rocky Mountain News is apparently shutting down. Despite the fact that the paper has consistently published some of the most interesting columnists around (personal favorite: Paul Campos, who also blogs at Lawyers, Guns and Money), they haven't made money, and parent company Scripps is shuttering the paper next week.
What to say about the death of a fine paper? Except that it's no wonder so many journalists are starting to wonder if they haven't lashed themselves to the deck of the Titanic.
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I loved reading the RMN growing up--but I always thought it was odd that Denver had two major papers. It's not that big a city, in not that big a state. I know that the Denver Post and the RMN had a joint-operating agreement in recent years, but it still seemed that Denver was over-supplied with news.
Paul Campos? Seriously? Maybe he has done better work at Lawyers, Guns and Money. I haven't read much of that. The Rocky was all about sports, really.
Paul Campos is a monumental boor and insipid writer. He and the stable of leftist columnists at the Rocky are partially to blame for driving off subscriptions.
Yuck. Campos is almost as bad as Littwin.
Isn't he the chubby chaser?
Megan, you'll be fine. You're not a journalist. That's why you're working and bf isn't.
Is bf claiming unemployment btw? I would hope so. You've never let ideology get in the way of expediency before.
"I loved reading the RMN growing up--but I always thought it was odd that Denver had two major papers. It's not that big a city, in not that big a state. I know that the Denver Post and the RMN had a joint-operating agreement in recent years, but it still seemed that Denver was over-supplied with news."
Very true. Scripps realizes this (they shutdown the Cincinnati Post not long ago...most cities can't support two major newspapers.)
The News was always better than the Post. It's a shame that it's the Post that will survive.
Oh well, newspapers are dead anyway.
"What to say about the death of a fine paper? Except that it's no wonder so many journalists are starting to wonder if they haven't lashed themselves to the deck of the Titanic."
That's another reason why it's not so bad that you didn't get the NYT gig, Sweetheart.
The old Grey lady, she ain't what she used to be.
Yes there were many good people past and present who worked there. I feel for the ones behind the scenes who lost jobs not so much for the paper.
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I'll hop on the "Campos? Really, Campos?" bandwagon.
I dunno about two-paper towns. In San Francisco they're about to lose their only non-free daily. That's amazing in a city of 800,000.
"It's not that big a city, in not that big a state." I guess that depends on how you define "big." There's about two million people in the Denver-Metro area. That's plenty big and only seems small in comparison to much larger mega-cities.
That's plenty large for a two-newspaper town. Besides, it's not just about Denver or Colorado. As Megan's requiem implies, the Rocky Mountain News had a reach beyond its local market and we're all a little poorer now that it's gone.
Let the columnists start a blog. If they're really good, let them charge for premium content and services. Perhaps this is the best thing ever to happen to them.
Perhaps they can get gigs writing about movies in the 'business' section of a website.
As long as they're fucking Megan, of course.
You stay classy, Jim. Don't ever change.
Squid,
As opposed to classy, am I incorrect?
The idea that the article is even remotely 'business' is a joke.
James, you seem deeply concerned about The Atlantic's failure to categorize their stories properly. Perhaps you should start a magazine/web site with much better writers and much better editorial management. I'm sure it will be just the best thing ever.
If I can hire such a great snarky talentless bitch like yourself Tara, I don't doubt that for a moment.