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Chicago Sun Times Files For Bankruptcy

12 points by keltecp11 18y ago

tptacek 18y ago
Yeah, and? Raise your hands if you didn't already know newspapers were in trouble. Flagged; this isn't Hacker News, it's just plain news.
- unalone 18y ago
  The Chicago Sun-Times is a huge paper, though. I found it pretty damn interesting that it's not just medium-to-small papers. This is the paper that houses Roger Ebert.
  - tptacek 18y ago
    The Chron is about to go under; Seattle is losing a daily; the NYT may run out of operating cash in May. Is there a trend story out there about the newspapers that would be Hacker News? Sure. But this kind of isn't it. (I'm more worried about where Jim DeRogatis is going to land than about Ebert, who can obviously just retire now).
    - unalone 18y ago
      (But it's not about his well-being. It's that I don't want him to lose his blog or to stop reviewing. He's such a tremendous writer.)
      - Xichekolas 18y ago
        Ebert has the kind of fame that can outlive his company's downfall. He'll just take over his domain name and keep reviewing, and his content will probably continue to be syndicated nationwide. In fact, he might end up making more since he won't have to give the Sun-Times it's share. Just because a company goes under doesn't mean it takes all it's assets with it. The good bits will be bought by someone.
electromagnetic 18y ago
IMO News shouldn't be a for-profit industry. For-profit news encourages poor journalism as you can make more money selling lies than selling the truth.
- henning 18y ago
  so should the USA have something like the BBC?
  - jwilliams 18y ago
    Alternatively, the USA has PBS.
    - sachinag 18y ago
      And NPR, which is going gangbusters with increases in listeners.
      - biohacker42 18y ago
        Sorry about this attempted topic hijacking. I live in Mass but enjoy NHPR, does anyone know of good alarm clock radios that are powerful enough to get NHPR in Mass?
        mechanical_fish 18y ago
        http://nhpr.org/ http://nhpr.org/ , click "Listen Live" at the top of the page? What you need is a clock radio that plays MP3 streams. Maybe the Chumby can help you?
        Daemmerung 18y ago
        Or a Squeezebox Boom.
        18y ago

12 points by keltecp11 18y ago

Yeah, and? Raise your hands if you didn't already know newspapers were in trouble. Flagged; this isn't Hacker News, it's just plain news.

unalone 18y ago
The Chicago Sun-Times is a huge paper, though. I found it pretty damn interesting that it's not just medium-to-small papers. This is the paper that houses Roger Ebert.
- tptacek 18y ago
  The Chron is about to go under; Seattle is losing a daily; the NYT may run out of operating cash in May. Is there a trend story out there about the newspapers that would be Hacker News? Sure. But this kind of isn't it. (I'm more worried about where Jim DeRogatis is going to land than about Ebert, who can obviously just retire now).
  - unalone 18y ago
    (But it's not about his well-being. It's that I don't want him to lose his blog or to stop reviewing. He's such a tremendous writer.)
    - Xichekolas 18y ago
      Ebert has the kind of fame that can outlive his company's downfall. He'll just take over his domain name and keep reviewing, and his content will probably continue to be syndicated nationwide. In fact, he might end up making more since he won't have to give the Sun-Times it's share. Just because a company goes under doesn't mean it takes all it's assets with it. The good bits will be bought by someone.

electromagnetic 18y ago

IMO News shouldn't be a for-profit industry. For-profit news encourages poor journalism as you can make more money selling lies than selling the truth.

henning 18y ago
so should the USA have something like the BBC?
- jwilliams 18y ago
  Alternatively, the USA has PBS.
  - sachinag 18y ago
    And NPR, which is going gangbusters with increases in listeners.
    - biohacker42 18y ago
      Sorry about this attempted topic hijacking. I live in Mass but enjoy NHPR, does anyone know of good alarm clock radios that are powerful enough to get NHPR in Mass?
      - mechanical_fish 18y ago
        http://nhpr.org/ http://nhpr.org/ , click "Listen Live" at the top of the page? What you need is a clock radio that plays MP3 streams. Maybe the Chumby can help you?
        Daemmerung 18y ago
        Or a Squeezebox Boom.
        18y ago