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I probably won't miss it too much, they were jerks, and once they let Wes F start writing I pretty much stopped reading it, which oddly enough is the same reason I stopped going to donewaiting, and was surprised to see that's still around.
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melikecheese
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Walker
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melikecheese said:
I probably won't miss it too much, they were jerks, and once they let Wes F start writing I pretty much stopped reading it, which oddly enough is the same reason I stopped going to donewaiting, and was surprised to see that's still around.DoneWaiting is supposedly going print only...
http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/donewaiting-going-print-only-in-2013
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As others have said, no big surprise The Dispatch is dispatching The Other Paper. The Alive is marketed toward young adults (ages 18-30) and therefore news coverage (if you can call it news) is entertainment, restaraunt and sports oriented. I hope the Alive will continue some features from TOP such as News Of The Weird. Bottom line is that commercial publications must make a profit or cease. The problem with the Columbus market, for truely independent media, is political. If one publishes controversial opinions, one riskes pissing off potential advertisers. I hope that Outlook Media, already controversial but with a secure market segment, can fill the alt void.
P.S. Don't be surprised if The Columbus Dispatch eventually decides to discontinue their daily print edition, to focus on 3-4 days a week (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and maybe Friday). Other major newspapers are doing this with their print editions.
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Walker
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SayHey said:
Understandable. But I hope you pick up the Other paper's mantle of providing an "other" view of the important issues in Columbus.We've always provided our own opinions and views on topics in the cities. Perhaps we're not snarky and controversial enough for some, but we're independent and provide an outlet for anyone to share their opinions here in a way that no other local media outlet does.
We're also poised for some rapid growth over the next 12-18 months, and some of that includes bringing on new journalism positions. Nothing too "political" to start, but we will be diving deeper into a lot of different areas in due time.
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I already wrote this story once
Posted on January 24, 2013
by Jeff Long
“It is a sad fact—but a fact nonetheless—that economic trends in the nation are threatening and killing once-healthy newspapers.” Yes, indeed, very sad. And whence came that pearl of wisdom? From the Columbus Dispatch, in an editorial lamenting the death of the Columbus Citizen-Journal on the last day of 1985.
READ MORE: http://www.theotherpaper.com/news/article_12481a98-6644-11e2-8559-0019bb2963f4.htmlPosted 3 months ago # -
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Goodbye Columbus: The Other Paper to Discontinue Publication
January 31, 2013
by Steve Brown
89.7 NPR News Morning AnchorSince it was founded 23 years, The Other Paper has never been shy about addressing anything. It’s taken on local news anchors, featured a popular column called “That’s So Gay” about the LGBT scene called, and broken plenty of serious stories. That all ends today as the paper’s final issue hits newsstands.
READ MORE: http://wosu.org/2012/news/2013/01/31/final-issue-of-the-other-paper-hits-newsstands/Posted 3 months ago # -
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The paper that Buck built
Thursday, January 31, 2013
by Eric Lyttle
At the time, Rinehart was in the midst of one of his many firestorms. News broke that he’d separated from his wife and rumors swirled that an “other woman” was at the heart of the announcement that he would not seek a third term as mayor.
READ MORE: http://www.theotherpaper.com/news/article_ca05f664-6bda-11e2-acc1-001a4bcf887a.htmlPosted 3 months ago # -
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http://614columbus.com/article/dispatched-5700/
614 Magazine Obit for TOP
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ChrisSunami
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This is a bit silly, but it was always my ambition to make the cover of TOP (for something positive). Guess that will never happen now.
I'm assuming here that the Dispatch is holding the copyrights, so even if someone else wanted to revive it, they couldn't...
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ChrisSunami said:
This is a bit silly, but it was always my ambition to make the cover of TOP (for something positive). Guess that will never happen now.I'm assuming here that the Dispatch is holding the copyrights, so even if someone else wanted to revive it, they couldn't...
True, somewhere in some musty backroom (and hopefully now digitized) there exists an archive of TOP's former content. Hopefully they preserve it somehow. I handn't really thought about it, but there are probably a lot of old posts on CU that link to blank TOP links now.
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