RIP Citizen Newspaper

[NHBoat70]

The Citizen, a local newspaper that has been around since 1926, is shutting down!!!

http://www.citizen.com/news/2016-09-...n_Sept_30.html

[tis]

That is very sad to hear. Though it isn't in my "neck of the woods", it seemed it had good coverage of the Laconia area.

[Newbiesaukee]

Oh no....how can I read Arlo and Janis?

It is both ironic and indicative of something, but in following the link supplied by the OP one gets the official website announcement. But the last sentence uses "it's" as a possessive and this is grammatically incorrect. I am really not the grammar police, but a newspaper should be able to use English properly.

But, I will miss it.

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee

Oh no....how can I read Arlo and Janis?

It is both ironic and indicative of something, but in following the link supplied by the OP one gets the official website announcement. But the last sentence uses "it's" as a possessive and this is grammatically incorrect. I am really not the grammar police, but a newspaper should be able to use English properly.

But, I will miss it.

I read Arlo & Janis here:
http://www.gocomics.com/explore/comics

[ITD]

Unfortunately many newspapers are on shaky grounds financially. Some attribute this to the internet and the availability of instant news from that medium. Personally I think many of these papers have shifted from at least trying to have appearance of impartiality to unabashed activism for whatever cause or leaning the owners/editors have. It has caused them their readership, people want untainted news reports on what's going on. Not biased opinion packaged as news.

[8gv]

Multi paragraph, deeply detailed news that was only found in newspapers is too much work for today's media consumer.

Simple statements without context or qualification rule today.

[Orion]

Originally Posted by 8gv

Multi paragraph, deeply detailed news that was only found in newspapers is too much work for today's media consumer.

Simple statements without context or qualification rule today.

Bulls%#t!

[fatlazyless]

Supposedly, the golden age of newspapers in the U.S.A was 1940-2000. Believe the Boston Globe was sold in about 1995 to the NY Times for 1.1-bil, and then got resold more recently for maybe 50-million, a loss of 95%.

So, what will happen with the LaDaSun.......which does not publish on Sunday and Monday.....will the LaDaSun become a 7-day/wk newspaper.....or maybe a 6-day/wk newspaper? Believe the Laconia Daily Sun, free at the store and free on the net is now the one paper left in Laconia. www.laconiadailysun.com

[8gv]

Remember when the newspaper classified ads were the place to find things for sale?

Now it's Craigslist.

That's a fair amount of money out of their revenue stream.

Regarding the political slant of each publication, I believe it has existed forever but to a lesser extent.

It is now more cost effective to just parrot what other media sources are putting out. With that model, fewer real journalists are needed.

[laketrout]

I believe the Citizen was more recently owned by Fosters Daily Democrat out of Dover, NH. Tough times for Fosters and other papers, I enjoy Weirs times for a good read but not for news.

[noreast]

Originally Posted by ITD

Unfortunately many newspapers are on shaky grounds financially. Some attribute this to the internet and the availability of instant news from that medium. Personally I think many of these papers have shifted from at least trying to have appearance of impartiality to unabashed activism for whatever cause or leaning the owners/editors have. It has caused them their readership, people want untainted news reports on what's going on. Not biased opinion packaged as news.

I would love to think this is true, But it seems people want there reporting "tainted," or slanted, to the way they want it to be. We love the biased opinion, It affirms our beliefs. when it's counter to there opinion, No amount of facts can knock them off that hill.

[Major]

I will miss the Laconia Citizen. Their reporters do not appear to be political, even when covering local and national politics. The same is not true with the Laconia Daily Sun. Contrast today's coverage of Donald Trump's visit to the Laconia Middle School. The Citizen's report of the rally did not appear to be politicized. In sharp contrast, Michael Kitch reported --

LACONIA — "I'm a messenger," Donald Trump told a capacity crowd of more than 2,000 filling the gym at Laconia Middle School last evening, then began by offering an apocalyptic vision of a country on the brink of ruin before turning to a bright promise of a roseate future of prosperity and security without limits across the land. "It will be a beautiful sight to see," he said.

The Sun's distain for conservative politics is palpable. This isn't reporting, but political commentary.

Like I said, I will miss the Citizen. I've been reading it for over 40 years. Hopefully, another "paper" will take its place.

[fatlazyless]

...the Laconia Citizen. Their reporters do not appear to be political, even when covering local and national politics. The same is not true with the Laconia Daily Sun.

So's, what does the future hold for the local newspaper design? Will the LaDaSun start charging 50-cents/paper to be dishing out their liberal bias? Lord have mercy......please give us a local newspaper that is totally fair & balanced ...... ahem!

[webmaster]

The Citizen certainly paid attention to this forum. Their reporters contacted me several times over the years and some articles were triggered by topics brought up here. I'll really miss their daily news summary emails that helped keep me up-to-date on what's happening in Laconia and Weirs Beach.

[Outdoorsman]

Originally Posted by ITD

Personally I think many of these papers have shifted from at least trying to have appearance of impartiality to unabashed activism for whatever cause or leaning the owners/editors have. It has caused them their readership, people want untainted news reports on what's going on. Not biased opinion packaged as news.

The "Union Leader" and the " Concord Monitor" are two other examples of that. What's left?

[longislander]

What's left?

http://www.newhampshirelakesandmountains.com/

[Irish mist]

The end of an era.......I remember when it was the "Laconia Evening Citizen" & was published late in the afternoon to capture as much news as possible before the day faded away.

[Weekend Pundit]

Originally Posted by Major

I will miss the Laconia Citizen. Their reporters do not appear to be political, even when covering local and national politics. The same is not true with the Laconia Daily Sun. Contrast today's coverage of Donald Trump's visit to the Laconia Middle School. The Citizen's report of the rally did not appear to be politicized. In sharp contrast, Michael Kitch reported --

Mr. Kitch is probably one of the worst when it comes to that particular problem. That's why I've always liked Roger Amsden's reporting because he's an old school reporter - tells it like it is without editorializing.

[TheProfessor]

Originally Posted by tis

That is very sad to hear. Though it isn't in my "neck of the woods", it seemed it had good coverage of the Laconia area.

Sad to see this newspaper go. In it's prime it was published and printed right in Laconia. Then sold a few times.

Few today get their news from newspapers. Sad.

Now - from reading above some get their news from outdated untrue chain emails and obtuse web sites and opinion blogs. No real verified facts. No primary source facts.
Just opinions. Hey, if you read it on the internet or got a chain email it must be true, right?

A good percentage posting here don't even know what a primary source it.
A good percentage posting here never verify from trusted sources all of the "information" they espouse.

[ITD]

Originally Posted by TheProfessor

Sad to see this newspaper go. In it's prime it was published and printed right in Laconia. Then sold a few times.

Few today get their news from newspapers. Sad.

Now - from reading above some get their news from outdated untrue chain emails and obtuse web sites and opinion blogs. No real verified facts. No primary source facts.
Just opinions. Hey, if you read it on the internet or got a chain email it must be true, right?

A good percentage posting here don't even know what a primary source it.
A good percentage posting here never verify from trusted sources all of the "information" they espouse.

Actually Professor, if you talking about me you couldn't be more wrong. The first thing I look at is the source, I don't necessarily disregard blogs, but if it is something controversial I look for the original material which for most news in typically videoed and available via google. Specifically lately for Trump, I search the scandal of the day as the networks try to take him down and find the original speech or conference they are talking about. 9 times out of 10 the reality of what he said is much different from the spin of your hallowed newspapers or evening news.

Comedy shows such as SNL, Cobert are not place to find out what is going on. Original content is easy to find on line, sourced from CNN, FOX, AP, and many other traditional sources. I will usually read about events that take a day or two before they appear on the evening news.

So professor, you can continue to feel superior reading your several day old news in your newspaper, being spoon fed spin and lies, but I stopped contributing to their BS by not subscribing years ago.

Your "trusted" sources are disappearing because they are not trustworthy.