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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Media The Death of an American Newspaper

Posted by on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:20 PM

There won't be many mourners when this one goes down.

Things seem to be going from bad to worse at the Washington Times. And the continued operation of the newspaper, which is owned by Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, seems to be in serious doubt. There's already been plenty of speculation that the paper might fold or go online-only. Sources at the Times said they fear major changes and that the Moon family feud that's driving the paper's turmoil could lead to the Times shutting down in the coming months—with some suggesting that Preston Moon, the reverend's son who serves as chairman of News World Communications, the parent company of the Washington Times, came close to that decision last weekend.

Much more at TPM.

 

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Dougsf 1
That's always been such a weird, weird paper.
Posted by Dougsf on November 11, 2009 at 12:36 PM
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"Sources at the Times said they fear major changes"

Pretty much sums up the whole paper.
Posted by j.lee on November 11, 2009 at 12:36 PM
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This is the paper that's allowed ads for the Michael Savage Show. Crap reporting, too. They deserve to be vaporized.
Posted by Missliss on November 11, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 4
It's always a shame when a newspaper goes under. But I will shed no tears over this one.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on November 11, 2009 at 12:44 PM
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@2 - Ha!
Posted by shabadoo on November 11, 2009 at 1:08 PM

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