Death of a Newspaper
Late last month, another major newspaper died.
The Rocky Mountain News was one of two competing dailies in the Denver area. The video below tells the story of the Rocky’s final weeks.
Many implications suggest themselves. Most important: Who will be left to report the news after this recession is over, since it is local newspapers like the Rocky — not Google News — that field the hundreds of reporters who sit in town meetings and cover local sports in communities around the country?
Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.