Update (3:15 PM): Here is a hot-off-the-presses iVoices podcast, with Jon Caldara and Dave Kopel discussing the end of the Rocky Mountain News era:
Only one more edition of a 150-year-old Denver journalistic institution before the axe falls. We knew the day was coming, but the sudden realization is still striking. More often than not, the Rocky‘s editors have provided a sensible, Rightward-leaning balance to the liberal Denver Post. That will be missed.
It’s a sad day for many good people – some of whom I have agreed with much more than others – who only have left the guarantee of one day of work and two months of pay. Here’s wishing them all the best in landing on their feet somewhere soon.
Even as we reflect back, the local media landscape is shifting rapidly. (How much longer will we even have the Post?) El Presidente reminds us of the opportunities before us in the wake of the Rocky‘s untimely demise.
Joshua Sharf also adds to the lament.
[…] The Rocky Mountain News is tweeting its last day of production, and it’sa must-read for anyone who cares about newspapers. It’s also a lesson in the power of realtime narrative journalism. Twitter and live-blogging won’t save journalism Read More|||The final edition will roll off the press on Friday, two months short of the Rocky Mountain News%26#39; 150th anniversary. Owners EW Scripps said no buyer materialized, and the newspaper was in a business model %26quot;locked in the past.%26quot; Read More|||EW Scripps has announced that Friday will be the last day of publication for the Rocky Mountain News. This is a sad day for Denver and Colorado, and given the state%26#39;s pivotal position in national politics, it%26#39;s not too good for the Read More|||The Rocky Mountain News, a Denver institution for 150 years, will publish its last issue tomorrow. A three-month long effort to sell the property yielded only one nibble, and the prospective buyer backed away quickly after learning that Read More|||Like the way the Titantic band played until its feet got wet, there%26#39;s something romantic about the way the Rocky Mountain News announced its own demise today — as headline news. We%26#39;ve pasted the whole story here because we think it%26#39;s Read More|||In December 2008, the EW Scripps Company (NYSE: SNI) said it could no longer sustain the millions in financial losses it was suffering at the Rocky Mountain News, and said it was going to sell the paper, along with its 50% interest in Read More|||The Dean Singleton-owned Denver Post immediately snapped up more than a dozen Rocky Mountain News writers and editors, including former LA Times staffers Mike Littwin and Tina Griego. Both will write columns for the Post. Read More|||The Rocky Mountain News publishes its last paper tomorrow. Rich Boehne, chief executive officer of Rocky-owner Scripps, broke the news to the staff at noon today, ending nearly three months of speculation over the paper%26#39;s future. Read More|||Now, a source of mine who was involved with trying to keep the Rocky Mountain News alive, pointed out that sacrificing the paper means that Scripps is less likely to have to shut down its entire business, which would mean other papers Read More|||Update (3:15 PM): Here is a hot-off-the-presses iVoices podcast, with Jon Caldara and Dave Kopel discussing the end of the Rocky Mountain News era: Only one more edition of a 150-year-old Denver journalistic institution before the axe Read More […]