Rocky Mountain News Closing After Friday Edition

[mediamadman747]

It may not have made a difference, but the Rocky Mountain News had an editorial staff of over 250. The Denver Post, a similar number. Does Denver REALLY need 500+ print journalists? And, this number does NOT include those journalists at alternative city papers or broadcast stations.

C'mon, folks, it's Denver.  I think the answer has become, unfortunately, painfully apparent.

[cheddyrod]

Newspapers are for the last generation. The internet is for this and coming generations. Even clay tablets disappeared.

[milleralexjames83]

I was born and raised in Denver, and I gotta say this is not killing me. I can remember growing up in the 80's and 90's, and the RMN was a rag compared to the Denver Post. Kinda biased, to me.

I work in the media, and the newspaper writers I know are old dinosaurs... get with the times and realize that while a minority might love the feel of a newspaper in the morning, most could care less when it comes down to it.

[chasmcrown]

Democrat Rep. Jared Polis:

"I have to say, that when we say, 'Who killed the Rocky Mountain News?' we are all part of that, we truly are. For better or worse, and I argue that it's mostly for better. Media is dead, and long live new media"

[kMC303]

How did we kill it?. It's not our business and we don't run the media.

[dcprotests]

This is GREAT NEWS! I hate all the propaganda that these rotten newspapers cover. Most of it is biased lies that support unsustainable civilization. The hell with these guys! Good riddance!!!

[Snotra]

I sadly work for the Los Angeles times. Sad in the sense that it pulled the final plug on it self by supporting Obama...what a shame. I thought News was suppose to be an objective data pool.

[Audiomuse]

SUPPORT YOUR NEWSPAPERS AMERICA!

There are things you can't get unless you buy the newspaper anyways... advertisements for movies, coupons, and a physical copy to hold in your hands.

[Pookatube]

NEWS IS NOT CONTENT!!!

CONTENT IS NOT NEWS!!!

Any Questions?

RIP Rocky. Plaugue on Scripps and DNA!

[kMC303]

No news is media and media is lies. So there you have it.

[WB2Colorado]

I can tell that most of the people who have commented on this story are not from Colorado. The Rocky Mountain News was a great news paper, I am very sad to see it go. I disagree with everyone who says everything should be on the internet. I love waking up in the morning, grabbing my local newspaper and reading it while drinking coffee. The day that everything is all digital will be a sad day for me.

[greeniem]

I am ecstatic! Good riddance , you shitty fascist new paper!

[yankeedoodlecajun]

Where to begin? Propaganda??? from Newspapers? Oh, as compared to the propaganda, one-sided, non-sourced Blogs of today that so many take as gospel?

Newspapers are dying not solely because of the Internet but specifically because how they responded to the Internet -- they chose to gentrify content and pack it full with national/int'l AP news to save money and lost the commitment to local news produced by local talent. What a sad, but inevitable, day.

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

Hopefully they're going to a feast of rocky mountain oysters to help brighten everyone's spirits.

[joenat456]

0:34 the news room is just stoned haha

[greeniem]

and if you read that paper, you'd agree lol

[DonkeyFist]

News should not be a business, information should not be a business.

[tinramm]

everything is a business.

[P3rf3ctStorm]

I'm surprised Rupert Murdoch didn't buy them up...

[ZoomBFX]

Two things

One, Nobody wants to read a paper full of propaganda, especially one that GIVES AWAY SECRET INFORMATION IE: NYT.

Two, the internet has changed everything, its time to move on.

[lemondoughnut]

RIP

[crinoid1918]

i grew up with the RMN, sad to see

[FuturelyAncient]

150 Years? Wow..

[ninanwk69]

Propaganda doesn't pay. The media is dead!