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Fate of Rocky Mountain News to be announced

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by MileHigh, Feb 26, 2009.

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  1. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    But only two, I think, in the past eight years or so, I believe.
     
    MileHigh, Mar 1, 2010
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  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Intellectual property, including the Rocky name and the URL, have been sold ... but Scripps "can't" reveal the new owner.

    http://bit.ly/a7xNSw
     
    MileHigh, Mar 12, 2010
    #686
  3. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    Interesting they donated the archives to the library.
    I know a guy who makes his living buying newspaper photo archives and he would have paid a fortune for the Rocky's stuff.
    He has already bought the Denver Post's and made some waves when he bought the Sun-Times.
     
    JayFarrar, Mar 12, 2010
    #687
  4. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    It wouldn't surprise me if The Post bought it. That's the only way it would make sense and want to keep it a secret.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Mar 12, 2010
    #688
  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Saturday is the two-year anniversary of the announcement that Scripps was pulling out of Denver, and Sunday is the two-year anniversary of the last edition of the Rocky.

    Publisher/editor John Temple got a response from 75 percent of the newsroom employees who were there when the presses were stopped to find out what they're doing today.

    http://www.johntemple.net/2011/02/rocky-mountain-news-journalists-two.html

    Here's an update on former staffers.

    http://www.johntemple.net/2011/02/stories-of-rocky-mountain-news-staff_24.html

    And how Scripps' stock price is eight times higher today since the closure.

    http://www.johntemple.net/2011/02/stock-price-of-rocky-mountain-news.html
     
    MileHigh, Feb 25, 2011
    #689
  6. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    The honesty was refreshing, as depressing as it may be. Here's Barry Forbis, a beloved sports editor, who most would assume has landed on his feet as well as anyone, short of those who the DP hired or those like Ringolsby, who is too big to fail (I mean that as a compliment) and Forbis freely admits his life is much worse. I respect him being honest about it and not trying to spin it.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Feb 25, 2011
    #690
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    What sucks is that if you just looked at a list of where people are, Forbis is one of the people you would say who landed on his feet.

    But, when you get into the details, it's been a tough two years and he doesn't live near his kids.

    It just shows how disruptive it is to lose your job.
     
    YankeeFan, Feb 25, 2011
    #691
  8. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Some pretty interesting info in there. Temple did a nice job of that.

    One takeaway seems to be, again, that financially it is a no-brainer to leave journalism.
     
    LongTimeListener, Feb 25, 2011
    #692
  9. jackfinarelli

    jackfinarelli Well-Known Member

    Another writer that I thought was "too big to fail" (and I mean it as a complment too) was Bernie Lincicome. I did not see anything about him here and have not been able to find his work elsewhere.

    Any idea where he is these days?
     
    jackfinarelli, Feb 25, 2011
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  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Last I heard he moved back to Chicago. Started a blog, but quickly gave that up.

    http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2010/01/22/bernie-lincicome-seeks-a-role
     
    MileHigh, Feb 25, 2011
    #694
  11. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Interesting that he says at the end of the piece, "I'm tired of being irrelevant." Was he ever really relevant? It sounds like his ego is bruised. He'll get over it.
     
    Drip, Feb 25, 2011
    #695
  12. Desk_dude

    Desk_dude Member

    Bernie's comments appear in the link from Rocky people who are out of the business.
    It was quite interesting to read about the people's different situations.
     
    Desk_dude, Feb 25, 2011
    #696
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