Comments on: It’s – 30 – for Rocky Mountain News http://www.valleyprblog.com/media/its-30-for-rocky-mountain-news/ A (dry heated) group blog from Phoenix, Arizona on public relations, marketing and social media Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Valley PR Blog » Blog Archive » Seattle P-I goes bye-bye; Tucson Citizen next http://www.valleyprblog.com/media/its-30-for-rocky-mountain-news/comment-page-1/#comment-9440 Valley PR Blog » Blog Archive » Seattle P-I goes bye-bye; Tucson Citizen next Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:07:55 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1685#comment-9440 [...] will publish its final newsprint version and switch to a web-only format. Of course, we mentioned the demise of the Rocky Mountain News here a few weeks ago. Gannett announced over the weekend that the Tucson Citizen will publish its final issue on [...] [...] will publish its final newsprint version and switch to a web-only format. Of course, we mentioned the demise of the Rocky Mountain News here a few weeks ago. Gannett announced over the weekend that the Tucson Citizen will publish its final issue on [...]

]]> By: Pat Elliott http://www.valleyprblog.com/media/its-30-for-rocky-mountain-news/comment-page-1/#comment-9277 Pat Elliott Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:42:31 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1685#comment-9277 Sadly,RMN isn't the first to shut down. On February 20, 2008, E. W. Scripps Company announced that the Albuquerque Tribune would close, effective February 23, 2008.The closure followed a seven-month effort by the company to sell the paper, which had declined in circulation from 42,000 in 1988 to about 10,000 in 2008. Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico declared the paper's last day "Albuquerque Tribune Day" in his state, to "celebrate the Tribune’s long and proud history and its honorable service to the state." The Albuquerque Tribune was an afternoon newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1922 by Carlton Cole Magee as Magee's Independent. It was published in the afternoon and evening Monday through Saturday. Sadly,RMN isn’t the first to shut down.

On February 20, 2008, E. W. Scripps Company announced that the Albuquerque Tribune would close, effective February 23, 2008.The closure followed a seven-month effort by the company to sell the paper, which had declined in circulation from 42,000 in 1988 to about 10,000 in 2008.

Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico declared the paper’s last day “Albuquerque Tribune Day” in his state, to “celebrate the Tribune’s long and proud history and its honorable service to the state.”

The Albuquerque Tribune was an afternoon newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1922 by Carlton Cole Magee as Magee’s Independent. It was published in the afternoon and evening Monday through Saturday.

]]> By: Marketing Sociologist http://www.valleyprblog.com/media/its-30-for-rocky-mountain-news/comment-page-1/#comment-9273 Marketing Sociologist Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:54:50 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1685#comment-9273 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner Pete Chronis, formerly of the Denver Post, gave this quote the morning of 2-27-9, "It's a death in the family." 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner Pete Chronis, formerly of the Denver Post, gave this quote the morning of 2-27-9, “It’s a death in the family.”

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