Ann Arbor News

Daily Newspaper's Death Leaves Ann Arbor at a Loss

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:54:06 -0400

Full article: Columbus Dispatch
Joe Hallett
Across Ann Arbor, a city of 114,000, residents are coming to grips with the loss of their venerable daily newspaper, replaced by a Web version. Ann Arbor -- with its powerhouse university, world-class medical center, well-educated populace and an economy the envy of a down-and-out state - seems an unlikely destination for the ink-stained Grim Reaper.

Ann Arbor News Closing Ends Long Tradition of Daily Newspaper Publishing

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:04:03 -0400

Full article: Ann Arbor News
Geoff Larcom
A publishing tradition that began in 1835, when an optimistic pioneer printer named Earl P. Gardiner started the Michigan Argus, enters a dramatic new era: The Ann Arbor News is closing.

A Newspaper Disappears in a Wired Town

Stevie Converse — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:03:35 -0400

Full article: Christian Science Monitor
Dante Chinni
In July, the Ann Arbor News will cease daily publication after 174 years. It will be replaced by a Web-based news outlet that will publish a print paper twice weekly -- on Thursdays and Sundays. That news has left many people in this well-educated community of readers unfazed.

Advance to Further Consolidate Printing in Michigan

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:57:47 -0400

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Jim Rosenberg
While the Ann Arbor News' printing plant will continue to operate even as the organization changes to AnnArbor.com, the Flint Journal's press eventually will fall silent after that paper joins two other Advance Publications Michigan dailies in moving to thrice-weekly publication.

Four Michigan Markets Will Lose Daily Newspapers, as Ailing Industry Tries to Cope

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:11:11 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Richard Perez-Pena
Daily newspapers will become a thing of the past for readers in four Michigan markets, with issues being printed only three days a week in Flint, Saginaw and Bay City, and twice weekly in Ann Arbor.

Eight Michigan Newspapers Going Online-Only or Cutting Print Editions

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:08:14 -0400

Full article: Associated Press
Jeff Karoub and Ed White
The Ann Arbor News will cease publication in July after 174 years and will be replaced by a Web-focused community news operation built from the ground up. The end of the News was one of several major changes announced today at the eight daily Michigan newspapers owned by the Newhouse family's Advance Publications.

Ann Arbor News to Close in July

Stevie Converse — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:55:33 -0400

Full article: Ann Arbor News
The Ann Arbor News will close in July after publishing as the city's daily newspaper since 1835. A new Web-based media company called AnnArbor.com LLC will be launched later this year. In addition to publishing continuously online, AnnArbor.com will publish a print edition twice a week.