I regret to announce that the March Street Edition of The Sentinel will most likely be our last. It’s an awkward way to announce this sort of thing. As publisher, there are thousands of readers, hundreds of businesses, scores of writers, activists and dear friends to consider. How does one impart this kind of news to everyone in a way that is fair? This is what I’ve come up with:
Last year was trying for most North Portland businesses. But for the past two years, the Sentinel has seen a steady decline in advertising revenue. This decline represents both the impact of the recession and the challenges of running an advertising-driven business in today's media-saturated environment. At present The Sentinel is 100% print advertising-driven, and it is now clear that we can no longer provide services to our readers and advertisers at our current level of quality. I hope I speak for all Sentinel contributors when I say we have worked exhaustively to provide the community with accurate, high-quality, professional news in a multi-media, interactive format. We hope that this paper served as a useful provider of information, an engaging tool for public discussion and a source for amusement and insight.
For the past two years, I and others involved with The Sentinel have been exploring the feasibility of a nonprofit business model, which at present remains undetermined. Currently, The Sentinel is considering a project to put all of the paper's archives online and in a format that is easily accessible to the public. However, this project cannot be completed without funding.
The Sentinel website will continue to provide daily service through the end of March 2010.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Portland Sentinel Closes
The Portland Sentinel, a monthly publication in Portland, Oregon, will close after publishing its March 2010 edition. The Sentinel has a monthly distribution of 27,000, and was formerly known as the St. John's Sentinel. Publisher Cornelius Swart made the announcement on the paper's website.
La Opinion Reduces Page Size
The La Opinion, a Los Angeles based hispanic publication, announced that effective February 17th, 2010, they will reduce their page size from a 50" width to 45.5".
Monday, February 1, 2010
Minneapolis Art Review & Preview to Close
The Minneapolis quarterly publication Art Review & Preview will cease publishing on April 9, 2010.
Pocono Business Journal To Close
The Pocono Business Journal will officially close on February 5, 2010 per publisher Marynell Strunk in a statement on the paper's website:
East Stroudsburg, PA, January 27, 2010 – The award-winning Pocono Business Journal will cease publication as of the February 2010 issue. Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Marynell Strunk cited the current economic climate and the shrinking print industry as the reasons for the paper’s end, to officially occur on February 5, 2010.
Strunk founded the newspaper over four years ago, launching the first issue in November 2005. She hired Debbie Burke as editor in August of 2007. The journal was also known for its Editors on the Road presentations and the monthly Business and Books events, as well as its weekly email update “Taste of PBJ.”
“Coming to this decision has been difficult. It has been a wonderful opportunity to meet and work with the regional business community. I have to thank the advertisers who believed in and supported the publication over the years.” says Strunk.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Salt Lake City El Observador Launches
The Deseret News parent company Deseret Management Corp announced plans to launch a 25,000 circulation Hispanic publication the El Observador, starting on February 9th, 2010. The Observador will strive to get to 10,000 paid subscribers, with an additional 15,000 copies being distributed at key rack and bulk drop locations.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Greenwood Lake and West Milford News Closes
The Greenwood Lake and West Milford News ceased publishing on January 20, 2010, per publisher Ann Chaimowitz. The News was a weekly community publication that covered the communities of Greenwood Lake and West Milford, New York with an approximate weekly circulation of 3,000.
Placer Sentinel Closes
The Placer Sentinel, a weekly community paper covering Auburn, California, ceased publishing on January 22, 2010 per the publisher Janice Forbes and CEO Bob Evans.
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