With the dire reports about the Rocky Mountain News sale, many people fear that Denver will become a one-newspaper town. Now, several Rocky Mountain News employees created a website dedicated to preserving the Rocky Mountain News: I Want My Rocky.
Mike Littwin's inaugural post states the purpose of the new website.
You can comment on our posts here on iwantmyrocky.com about, yes, why you want your Rocky. You can be the roots in a grassroots effort to save the Rocky or help save our sanity, anyway. There are many helpful (or so I’m told) suggestions on this Web site. Feel free to send in more of your own.
Some of the suggestions are better than others. I disagree that contacting politicians is the best way to show interest in a private business (though government intervention in private business is popular these days). Contacting Scripps (the current owner) may help with marketing efforts, as they can show that there is a market for the product. However, as a feel-good measure, commenting on the Rocky columnists' posts certainly cannot hurt.
Yes, print newspapers appear to be a dying business. Some news clearance sites such as Face The State provide original reporting. However, newspapers perform the lion's share of initial reporting which armchair pundits require before opining on the issues.
There are many benefits to having two newspapers in town. The competition keeps both papers more honest. Without the Rocky, I fear that the Post will drift further leftward, and the "The Denver Post Embarrasses Itself" tag from this blog will become a daily feature. If nothing else, having two sets of editorial eyes in the major Denver media brings a greater variety of stories to the front.
by Civil Sense
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