From today's paper:

 

http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070717/BIZ/707170339/1014/NEWS02

Didn't they already announce this?

 

I thought for sure they had already said it was going away?

 

Can't be much of a suprise.

I knew this was coming. I hate to see it though. I felt the Post did a better job covering KY sports than the Enquirer does.

I knew this was coming. I hate to see it though. I felt the Post did a better job covering KY sports than the Enquire does.

Agreed

I knew this was coming. I hate to see it though. I felt the Post did a better job covering KY sports than the Enquirer does.

 

I'd have to agree too. Although, the Enquirer has improved slightly over the years, the Post had the best KY sports coverage. Hopefully, the Enquirer will step it up a couple notches.

I have to jump on this wagon also. The Enquirer has made some visable attempts to have more local (read-KY) news, but it is still lacking considerably.

We knew this was coming, but it's still a shame.

With 24/7 cable news, talk radio, on-line news and newspapers; I'm afraid that the daily paper is an endangered species.

With 24/7 cable news, talk radio, on-line news and newspapers; I'm afraid that the daily paper is an endangered species.

Would that be a bad thing??

I'm afraid that the daily paper is an endangered species.

 

The afternoon paper certainly is.

Would that be a bad thing??

 

Yes. Print media is a permanent documentation of the first draft of history. A Web page can always be changed or updated an infinite number of times.

 

There aren't many recordings of the nightly news from just a year ago, but you can always go to your local newspaper and research issues from fifty years ago or more if you want.

Yes. Print media is a permanent documentation of the first draft of history. A Web page can always be changed or updated an infinite number of times.

 

There aren't many recordings of the nightly news from just a year ago, but you can always go to your local newspaper and research issues from fifty years ago or more if you want.

And alot of them are saved on what?

The afternoon paper certainly is.

 

Truth be told, I'm surprised The Post was able to survive in that format as long as it did. Part of that survivability came from its core audience — folks outside the 275 ring, many of whom tended to be farmers, for whom the afternoon paper was more convenient. I don't think it's a coincidence that as our country moved away from an agriculture-based economy, the afternoon daily has become an endangered species.

And alot of them are saved on what?

 

The same paper they originally printed on. Most newspapers have bound volumes dating back in some cases to the paper's inception, and in many other cases, to precursor papers.

 

Microfilm is primarily only used by libraries and major daily papers.

Right now even with the so called improvements in Ky High school sports coverage by the Enquirer their efforts still fall way short in this endevour . The local Recorder papers do a better job .

With 24/7 cable news, talk radio, on-line news and newspapers; I'm afraid that the daily paper is an endangered species.

 

They'll have to pry it away from "my cold dead fingers!"

 

As much as I enjoy access to the world, you still can't beat Saturday mornings in the fall reading recaps of the local games.