Denver loses an institution as the nearly 150-year-old Rocky Mountain News publishes its final edition today.There is so much speculating, rumor, and innuedo in the publishing business these days that it's a shock to the system to read the straightforward account of how quickly and abruptedly the RMN staff received the news.
On a meta-level, the dissemination of this news in blog form is a poignant post script.
The spare account read like nothing so much as a script for a play. Which, given the emotion of the actors, is fitting and incredibly moving:
"Q: Reporters said they’ve been working hard all week on Saturday stories: Can we have one more day?
A: No."
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