Tribune teetering on bankruptcy. McClatchy searching for a buyer for the Miami Herald (turns out 19 Pulitzer Prizes don't pay the light bill). 50,000 students on campus at U of F, but not one wants to edit the student newspaper.
In a boon for law firms worried about making their end-of-year hours, the owner of The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times and The Baltimore Sun is facing bankruptcy. Where Henry Mencken when we ned him to cover the survival of the fittest? Click here for the full article from The New York Times.
The legendary Herald, which used to cover the world from its Biscayne Boulevard headquarters, may soon sink into Biscayne Bay. Click here for the full article from The New York Times.
Gator U has apparently decided that 102 years is long enough to run a student newspapera. Click here for the full article from The SunSentinel.
I could live without either (or the entire U of F for that matter).
ReplyDeleteI lament the downfall of hardcopy papers. It just isn't the same curling up on a Sunday morning with a cup of coffee to slowly ... scroll down a screen.
ReplyDeleteThat having been said, folks probably once lamented the loss of horse and buggy rides on Sundays as well...