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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
by 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 agoThe 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 agoEbert 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.