closings

U.S. Postal Service Plans to Close 3,653 Post Offices -- Here's the List

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:27:57 -0400

Full article: ZDNet
David Gerwirtz
236 years ago, on July 26, 1775, Benjamin Franklin opened a post office at what is now 316 Market Street, in Philadelphia. In a very strange twist of fate, exactly 236 years to the day of Franklin's founding of the post office, the operators of the Franklin branch, along with the postmasters of 3,653 other post offices throughout the nation, were informed that their branches are likely to be shut down.

Sun-Times Media Closing 11 Weekly Sun Suburban Newspapers

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:34:13 -0500

Full article: Crain's Chicago Business
Lynne Marek
Sun-Times Media is shutting down 11 Sun weekly newspapers to reduce costs, eliminating most of the free publications in its chain, CEO Jeremy Halbreich said.

ABC News to Cut Half its Domestic Correspondents, Close Bricks-and-Mortar Bureaus

Stevie Converse — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:32:44 -0500

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Matea Gold
As part of the deep cuts announced at ABC News, the network plans to close all of its physical bureaus around the country except Washington and halve the number of its domestic correspondents. The Washington bureau will remain open, but its size will be substantially reduced.

Variety, Hollywood Reporter Both Face the End Game

Stevie Converse — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:37:57 -0500

Full article: The Wrap
Sharon Waxman
The big changes at both of Hollywood's historic but shrinking trade papers -- the Hollywood Reporter and Variety -- portend what will either be the final stages of those publications, or a turnaround in the drama of their ultimate survival. No one seems to know which.

Editor & Publisher to Publish January Issue -- Hope Remains?

Stevie Converse — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:54:52 -0500

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Due to overwhelming reader and advertiser demand, Editor & Publisher will publish its next issue, the January 2010 edition, as planned, despite the fact that the magazine is scheduled to shut down at the end of December.

Believe It or Not, Fewer Magazines Folding in 2009

Stevie Converse — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:28:04 -0400

Full article: Folio
Vanessa Voltolina
Once again, the number of magazine closings has outpaced the number of titles being launched, according to a new report. But when comparing the number of titles (383) folded through the third quarter of 2009 to the same time period in 2008 and 2007, the pace is significantly less.

Learning Lessons from the Rocky Mountain News

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:50:56 -0400

Full article: SavetheNews.org
Kim Humphreys
Journalists cannot be objective about their right to exist. They must engage the forces that put profit ahead of public service, and they must do it by taking an active, informed role in shaping public policy and the business practices of our industry.

Sun Newspapers Closes Half of its Community Newspapers

Stevie Converse — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:15:08 -0400

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Sun Newspapers, a subsidiary of Advance Publications based in Valley View, Ohio, is shuttering 11 of its weekly papers. Today marks the last day of distribution for the papers and at least five of the communities in the Cleveland area -- Euclid, Garfield, Maple Heights, Bedford and Nordonia Hills -- will no longer have coverage.

Recently Folded? Beware of Angry Subscribers

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:52:18 -0400

Full article: Folio
Jason Fell
The bad news keeps rolling in for shuttered hip-hop magazine Vibe. Less than a month after Vibe announced that it was going out of business, an angry subscriber this filed a federal lawsuit claiming breach of contract. But even when magazines fulfill their subscriptions with other titles, it can anger existing subscribers.

Capitol Hill Reporters Update

Stevie Converse — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:37:36 -0400

Full article: Project for Excellence in Journalism
The number of reporters representing newspapers has declined sharply from the previous Congress. This year, 819 mainstream U.S. newspaper and wire service reporters were accredited in the Congressional galleries, down from 1,012 in the previous Congress.