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Thanks for digging into this and for sharing this article! I hadn't seen this latest twist. I'm friends with a number of the "paper’s staff who staged a mass w

by jonah 3y ago

Thanks for digging into this and for sharing this article! I hadn't seen this latest twist. I'm friends with a number of the "paper’s staff who staged a mass walk-out". Very difficult times. Not mentioned in this article was the staff’s long struggle for union representation which they did finally get much to the ire of the owner. The independent.com (another great, "generic", domain name!) has been covering the saga for decades: https://www.independent.com/?s=santa+barbara+news-press https://www.independent.com/?s=santa+barbara+news-press

shortformblog 3y ago
Sad tale. In its own way, as bad as the private equity management we’ve been seeing in chains throughout the country. There has to be a great story as to how these two news sites in the same town got such high-quality domains.
- ryantgtg 3y ago
  What’s funny to me is that https://www.noozhawk.com/ https://www.noozhawk.com/ (along with others) took up the mantle when the SB News Press went downhill. That domain is not as hot.
  - topato 3y ago
    And Noozhawk's almost Fark clone design when it first launched was pretty good, I'm not such a fan of what it's become. And it feels like their reporting has gotten a lot more focused on north county, rather than the city of Santa Barbara itself. At least The Independent is still there for Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Isla Vista...