Death of a Newspaper Imminent

I always enjoyed and appreciated the Albuquerque Tribune over the 35 + years since I first was introduced to the publication (it actually had four pages of comics in the front section back then). I always considered the Tribune to be the much better of the two Albuquerque newspapers (it actually has a Pulitzer Prize Award) as the Journal is stodgy; it represents the old boy network and the local business establishment; is overall a sleepy and provincial paper with very poor coverage of national and local news and particularly sports outside of NM; and always seems not to be an advocate of progressive and aggressive public policy that would address the eternally ongoing social and cultural issues and problems that always have beset the community, region, and state.

I am sad to see the Tribune go but it was inevitable as the days of the afternoon and evening newspaper have gone the way of history and, since it was in a JOA with the Journal, becoming a morning paper was impossible. The afternoon El Paso Tribune and Phoenix Gazette died about a decade ago. I hope to see a few of the Tribune's editorial writers move on to better papers. Stevens is still doing sports commentary after all these years and VB Price is truly an intelligent insightful writer that is a must-read every Saturday. The citizens of Albuquerque and New Mexico are the real losers in this whole development. But print media is slowly dying everywhere and the Denver Post's days are numbered. Many other newspapers will die in the coming years as the internet has made them passe, people under 30 do not read, older loyal readers die off or move, and TV news holds the dominant position in most households for information.


http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/aug/28/trib-goes-sale/


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Consequences of Hayek NeoLiberalism on Working Class

This article does a fine job in explaining the historical background of economic changes particularly on working people and the middle class.


http://www.alternet.org/workplace/61002/?page=1


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