2008 Woodie Awards
Post closes, Web site remains active
Sarah Foster
Issue date: 1/25/08 Section: Community
Almost a month after the folding of The Cincinnati Post, many wonder where the future of newspapers lies in an age of new, emerging media trends.
The Post was an afternoon newspaper published six days a week, composed of The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post. It ran its last issue Dec. 31, 2007, after operating for more than 126 years.
According to Miami University journalism professor John Lowery, the loss of the Post took place long before Dec. 31.
"For years the circulation of the Post has been in a freefall," Lowery said. "I think the ones who will lose the most are those in northern Kentucky, because they really depended on this paper."
He said that in the final years of the paper, more than half of the readership was from northern Kentucky.
Lowery worked for the Cincinnati Post as a copy editor. He enjoyed his time with the company and thought it had a nice, hometown focus.
Since the 1970s, the newspaper has been under a Joint Operation Agreement (JOA).
"Once the Post entered into the JOA, we knew (the agreement) wasn't going to last forever, yet the Post couldn't last without it," he said.
From a news release in 2004, the E.W. Scripps Company announced that the JOA held between Gannett and E.W. Scripps since the 1970s would end Dec. 31. Gannett owns The Cincinnati Enquirer and E.W. Scripps was the parent company of both The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post. Though the newspaper, which covered the Cincinnati and northern Kentucky communities, is no longer operating, Gannett continues to operate www.kypost.com, Northern Kentucky's online news source.
Called "Life in the (859)," northern Kentucky's area code, the Web site serves as a continuation of The Kentucky Post, which was owned by Gannett, the same company that owned The Cincinnati Post.
The Web site is updated daily from a variety of feeds, including WCPO channel 9, content from Scripps Howard and freelance stories, according to Mark Neikirk, managing editor of kypost.com.
The Post was an afternoon newspaper published six days a week, composed of The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post. It ran its last issue Dec. 31, 2007, after operating for more than 126 years.
According to Miami University journalism professor John Lowery, the loss of the Post took place long before Dec. 31.
"For years the circulation of the Post has been in a freefall," Lowery said. "I think the ones who will lose the most are those in northern Kentucky, because they really depended on this paper."
He said that in the final years of the paper, more than half of the readership was from northern Kentucky.
Lowery worked for the Cincinnati Post as a copy editor. He enjoyed his time with the company and thought it had a nice, hometown focus.
Since the 1970s, the newspaper has been under a Joint Operation Agreement (JOA).
"Once the Post entered into the JOA, we knew (the agreement) wasn't going to last forever, yet the Post couldn't last without it," he said.
From a news release in 2004, the E.W. Scripps Company announced that the JOA held between Gannett and E.W. Scripps since the 1970s would end Dec. 31. Gannett owns The Cincinnati Enquirer and E.W. Scripps was the parent company of both The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post. Though the newspaper, which covered the Cincinnati and northern Kentucky communities, is no longer operating, Gannett continues to operate www.kypost.com, Northern Kentucky's online news source.
Called "Life in the (859)," northern Kentucky's area code, the Web site serves as a continuation of The Kentucky Post, which was owned by Gannett, the same company that owned The Cincinnati Post.
The Web site is updated daily from a variety of feeds, including WCPO channel 9, content from Scripps Howard and freelance stories, according to Mark Neikirk, managing editor of kypost.com.
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