Fate of Rocky Mountain News to be announced

I hope Tracy pulls out the corporate card, racks up a $1,000 tab at Fleming's and then buys two first-class tickets back to Denver so his hat can have its own seat.

 

I went through the slideshow on the RMN's web site this morning. The photos there was very gripping. You could feel the emotion coming off the screen. I got choked up near the end.

One thing though really pissed me off -- and I apologize if this was covered on a previous page -- but if you go to e-mail the pictures to friends and colleagues, you'll get an Outlook/GMail window with a pre-populated subject line. Here's how the subject line would read:

Check out this awesome Rocky slideshow!

I understand that's a generic subject line and I'm sure the Web people had no clue they'd eventually have to post the paper's own death on its site. But that subject line just seems beyond insensitive -- no matter how unintended it was.

Am I wrong on this? Overreacting? If so, please let me know.

 

No. I see stuff like that all the time. Excited fonts urging you breathlessly to check out the video ... of a tragedy. I realize these are special circumstances, but as I said on another thread, attention to detail is sorely lacking at most newspaper Web sites.

In this case? Understandable. And who knows? Maybe left there intentionally by someone with a sense of gallows humor.

 

If they were making people turn in their company IDs today, you've got to think they flicked the switch on corporate cards before some journo got crafty with his. I love the sentiment, though.

 

Sock mentioned it, but indeed, news of the closing broke during a Cowboys game.

In my paper the next day, there was a picture of a T-H reporter in the tunnel at Texas Stadium with head in hands.

 

Somewhere there's a douchebag reader making this comment:

"Uh, I'm not going to pay for the final newspaper. I can get everything I want for free online."

Sadly, they're partly right.

Another comment likely to be heard:

"Where am I now going to run pictures of my son's Little League team?"

 

One easy revenue source, charging egotistical parents to post their kids' photos.

Just like all papers should be charging to comment on writers' blogs/message boards.

 

All the people out of work today. Do you just walk out of the office and have no job? Is there any paperwork or just bye bye nice to have known you?
It was a great sports page. I personlly liked it better than the Post. Top ten section gone? Fucking joke.

 

Saw the story on CNN while at the gym. My heart goes out to everyone out in Denver affected by this. I still want to get back into this business, but the police academy application I'm filling out keeps on being a smart idea. Good luck to all.