I was at San Francisco International yesterday late afternoon awaiting a flight and saw the news of the U-T sale, on my phone via Twitter.
One doesn’t need the Union-Trib anymore to hear about the Union-Trib. Or, maybe not at all. Real time news is at our fingertips, with the content and parameters of what we want to know easily designed by us. In a generation, print news will be found only in libraries and museums, I fear.
That’s the reality, not my preference — I still love holding a broadsheet and having to wash my fingertips afterwards.
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Easy story to paper over.
Another thought: Without the UT, what will we wrap fish in?
The article about the sale in the UT, is riddled with the sort of anti-market comments I expect from the screeching Left. What they forget is that, without Manchester and Lynch, San Diego would probably not have daily print.
Some commenters are saying Manchester “pillaged” the paper for the real estate (so what?) Others suggest that the quality of journalism declined (patently false–in fact, M&L invested in more reporters). Some laughed at the UT-TV experiment (I respect them for trying new things)
The editorial page had a stated Republican slant to it (note that I said Republican, not conservative)– so what? San Diegans got international news, expanded life sciences and military sections, and more granular local news. The editorial page could be full-on communist but if the local stuff is good, I’ll read it.
M&L bought the paper with the idea that they could highlight the positive things about San Diego,decided to get out of the biz, and got a great piece of real estate. Good for them. I hope they make a fortune developing that real estate as their just reward for keeping the UT alive.