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Whoa, this is interesting. Cyber-surfers who follow local blogs might have realized that Frontburner was off-line during the weekend and most of today. Now, we know why.
The overall organization under went some reorganization because of flagging advertising sales, according to D magazine's Tim Rogers.
The publishing company laid off some people and streamlined its print products, mostly on the newspaper side. Local residents probably know Lakewood People, one of the newsprints published by the D organization under the People Newspapers banner.
Well, local residents knew Lakewood People. It was among the casualties and no longer will be on front lawns in the neighborhood.
By way of full disclosure, I worked there for a bit more than a year before coming to Black White Read. From looking at recent staff boxes in the paper, there weren't a lot of people I know still on board, so I have no personal or professional ties to the publication any more. Still, kind of a drag to see another newsprint victim.
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scrozier [Lakewood-Now] said at 4:08 p.m. on November 17, 2008, 4:08 p.m.
At the risk of sounding self-serving, the writing is on the wall--or rather, on the screen--for print publications. The venerable Christian Science Monitor announced recently that they will cease daily publication in April. (Oddly, their web site continues to offer print subscriptions: "32 weeks, risk-free!")
The kids (that's anyone under my current age) are getting their news and information online. I hope that advertisers will follow readers online and keep alive the journalism that we need from our major news publications.
Cricket [Lakewood-Now] said at 9:13 a.m. on November 18, 2008, 9:13 a.m.
This is AWFUL news....While I access almost all of my news online or via radio, the neighborhood newspaper was one thing I had a paid subscription to and enjoyed reading. I'd rather they cancel the main DMN (especially the Sunday issue) - then they could save millions likely (of dollars and wasted trees).
bfelps [Lakewood-Now] said at 1:18 p.m. on November 18, 2008, 1:18 p.m.
Cricket, not a bad idea, maybe, but the problem with your plan is that the DMN and Lakewood People are and were published by two different companies. there's no corporate relation between the two papers.