You have been assimilated
The once scruffy little town of Knoxville awaits with dreaded anticipation to learn if the reported news that the Halls Shopper-News has been assimilated by the Borg juggernaut of the Scripps Howard Media (E.W. Scripps Company) empire is true.
Sadly it is true.
The weekly newspaper (twice-weekly on the Internet) that is considered to be the source for unfiltered local news was purchased by the E.W. Scripps Company on November 1st. E.W. Scripps Company also owns the Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville’s only daily newspaper.
Improvements in art and graphics will be featured in the new paper and hopefully the news and editorial content will remain unchanged.
From the website of the Halls Shopper-News, “We will affiliate with the News Sentinel for printing and technology and with a related company for distribution. Our news, advertising and graphic arts staff will remain independent of the News Sentinel. In fact, we will continue to compete with the daily paper for advertising and breaking news.”
November 4th, 2005 at 2:32 pm
Egad!
November 4th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Juggernaut: An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
heh. I like that word. I need more things about myself that are like a juggernaut.
November 4th, 2005 at 5:26 pm
A sad day. I’m so not comfortable with one entity controlling so much of the news. Deserved or not, some of us have taken to calling Scripps “Pravda.”
November 5th, 2005 at 3:49 am
They are just using the Sentinel’s printing and distribution infrastructure. Ain’t no thing.