The lead story in the Rocky Mountain News today kicks off this way:
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to you today. Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado, the nation and the world, is over.
The paper succumbed to the same forces that will claim more papers in the coming months: steadily sagging print subscriptions, and an online operation that attracted more readers than advertiser dollars. The current recession was the coup de grace.
A thoughtful column, describing the closure as a death in the family, appeared in the St. Petersburg Times on 2/27.
Also this week, Journal Register company, owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer and 20 other daily papers and dozens of weeklies in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York, has filed for bankruptcy.
Correction!
The Journal Register Co. is not the owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, I misread that. Click here for a more complete list of papers owned by the bankrupt company.
However, the Philadelphia Inquirer has, in fact, filed for bankruptcy. Click here to learn more.
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