Tucson Citizen – Final Edition

Published on May 16th, 2009

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Tucson Citizen – Final Edition — Another one bites the dust.

This is it. After 138 years, seven months and one day, this may be the last Tucson Citizen to be published. At press time, our ultimate deadline, this was our last gasp – our final edition. Efforts still are underway to keep the Citizen alive. We’ll let you know if they succeed.

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# 1 faxon said, on May 16th, 2009 at 4:52 pm

I guess newspaper journalism is not a wise career choice, is it?. TV News is next. I hope. What will all the liberal journalism schools do?

# 2 Journal this said, on May 16th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

They will teach blogism.

# 3 John Paradox said, on May 16th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

Even weirder – AZ Attorney General Terry Goddard has gotten involved:
http://tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2009/05/15/citizen-debacle-update-goddard-intervenes

J/P=?

# 4 Paul said, on May 16th, 2009 at 6:24 pm

What happens to the archives of all these defunct papers? Historical reference material might be lost.

# 5 contempt said, on May 16th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

A newspaper fails because they take sides politically instead of just observing and reporting what happens. Now they feel the need to tell you what to think about a story and if you don’t take their side they imply you are a fool.

News organizations in general have forgotten the role of a free press and are now just propaganda machines.

This is just another story about the failure of newspaper that forgot why they were there in the first place.

Good riddance.

# 6 faxon said, on May 16th, 2009 at 6:29 pm

Yep. I saw almost no fair reporting on the Presidential Election, and nobody seems to care that we never saw a birth certificate with a delivering doctor’s signature or a location. A “Certificate of Live Birth” is NOT a birth certificate. Nobody cared. I hope all the newspapers go to hell.

# 7 steve said, on May 16th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

as a 30 year resident of tucson i always thought it to be a useless paper that generally recycled headlines from the major news sources and a very liberal slant on any topic.Sorry for the folks who lost there job. The only paper i subscribe to is the WSJ print have for years and like theere reporting especially the opinion section,as a kid in washington dc i delivered the post and times for 11 months in 1966,thats when a newspaper was worth its print.

# 8 Ken in Berkeley said, on May 16th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

Well said #5. Here in the S.F. Bay Area I frequently walk passed newstands with supposedly different newspapers on display, yet often times they have nearly identical headlines as if they are all been fed the same “news”. And indeed, aren’t there two sides to every story, not just the “news” pushers?

# 9 Greensaab said, on May 16th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

They just don’t get it. The news that is published is old by they time it hits the stands. Why would I want to buy the paper when I already know the story behind the headline? While I do think that there is a bias in the reporting, I don’t think that it has anything to do with the demise of print media. The prices just went up for the paper here to make up for lost profits. Keep digging your hole.

# 10 ED said, on May 17th, 2009 at 2:19 am

If local paper had local news instead of AP storys they might be doing better. Like #7 I subscribe to the print WSJ.

# 11 Cursor_ said, on May 17th, 2009 at 2:41 am

Oh Please! Newspapers can’t all die.

I need something to line the birdcages with.

Though I could use a kindle. And it automagically changes the paper for me….

OK they can die now, thanks amazon!

Cursor_

# 12 jescott418 said, on May 17th, 2009 at 4:09 am

Is it not interesting how businesses do not see their failings and have a dignified end. Instead businesses run until the last cent is borrowed and spent and then they close leaving many employee’s wondering why they stayed on.

# 13 pfkad said, on May 17th, 2009 at 6:46 am

Interesting how many of the “good riddance” type posters are of the opinion that it’s liberal bias that’s killing the newspapers. I wonder how the Manchester Union-Leader is doing?

# 14 Mr Diesel said, on May 17th, 2009 at 6:47 am

I can’t wait for the NY Times to go under.

# 15 Patrick said, on May 17th, 2009 at 12:13 pm

#5 FTW.

# 16 John Paradox said, on May 17th, 2009 at 5:30 pm

This is getting even more interesting:
http://tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2009/05/17/prospective-citizen-buyer-says-showdown-is-set-for-monday-morn

# 17 Patrick said, on May 18th, 2009 at 5:12 am

#16 – Pretty funny. The gov’t is trying to prevent owners from closing a business. Unconstitutional.

# 18 John Paradox said, on May 18th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

For further updates from the TC:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/

J/P=?

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