Bye Bye to 5 Observer & Eccentric Newspapers

Bill Shea
Crain's Detroit
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...FREE/904139972

The local newspaper industry casualty list grew by five on Monday when Observer & Eccentric Newspapers said five of its weekly publications will halt print and online publication on May 31.

According to published reports, gone in the cost-cutting move will be the Birmingham [[founded in 1878), West Bloomfield [[1970), Troy [[1968) and Rochester [[1972) editions of the Eccentric, along with 44 editorial, advertising, circulation and production jobs.

In a related move, the company is launching a multi-community Sunday newspaper called the South Oakland Eccentric that will cover Royal Oak, Berkley, Clawson, Huntington Woods, Southfield and Pleasant Ridge. That will replace the Southfield Eccentric and weekly Mirror newspapers.

Its sad to see the newspapers go. . . yet the Rochester Eccentric was not very appealing to me at leased. We just read the Detroit Free Press.

gee, just think of all the money they'd save if they went out of business altogether.

The Livonia Observer has been a lousy newspaper in recent months. I wouldn't be surprised if the Observer's Wayne County communities see their papers similarly consolidated.

Quote: "just think of all the money they'd save if they went out of business altogether. "

Reminds me of the old joke about the 4 engine plane en route, and they lost engine 1 and the pilot announced there would be a delay, then lost engine 2, longer delay, then lost engine 3, even longer delay. then someone exclaimed "If we lose engine 4, we'll be up here all night!".
:rolleyes: