With the market continuing to tank, The New York Times Company doesn’t look half bad when compared to most other media companies.
E.W. Scripps just closed down the Rocky Mountain News last week.
Of course, the hated News Corp. of Rupert Murdoch does a bit better.
For those interested, some Rocky staffers have started their own online news site, iwantmyrocky.com. It’s reminiscent of what some former staffers of the Santa Barbara News-Press did with the SBNewsroom.com for a short time after Wendy McCaw went wacko. And some journalists are doing something similar in Arizona.
These sorts of enterprises can succeed — witness VoiceofSanDiego.org — but philanthropic funding sure does help.
Speaking of philanthropic funding…the bill for Hoystory’s Web hosting has come due and any and all donations, no matter how small would be much appreciated.
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The day keeps getting better and better. I think I’ll check the news on the Web.
Excellent news! I’ve kicked you a few bucks for cheering me up.