Farewell Post
This coming Monday the Cincinnati Post, our afternoon rival for your attention, will publish its final edition.
Those of us in the news business mourn the loss of a competitor – a strong and dependable voice that reported on the events in our community for almost 127 years.
But what about you readers? What do you remember about the Post and its coverage over the years? Was there a favorite story or a by-line you remember? Did it mark forever some important moment in your life?
Send your comments to Letters@Enquirer.Com, or post a comment to our online message board at Cincinnati.Com Search: conversation. We will include a selection of comments in this Sunday’s Forum.
posted by David Wells at 4:55 PM
12 Comments:
at 7:02 PM, December 26, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 9:39 AM, December 27, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 10:39 AM, December 27, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 10:05 AM, December 28, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 3:32 PM, December 28, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 4:25 PM, December 28, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 12:19 PM, December 29, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 12:28 PM, December 29, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 2:30 PM, December 30, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 3:08 PM, December 30, 2007 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 11:30 AM, January 01, 2008 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 7:52 AM, January 03, 2008 
Anonymous said...
-
-
Post a Comment*I liked being able to buy a local newspaper without fear that part of my hard-earned money was trickling down into the pockets of that offensive blowhard Peter Bronson.
Oh well... someday the Enquirer will get rid of his column and I'll be able to buy it again. But until then, there's no way I'm gonna spend one cent on it.
David,
Many at the Post blame the Enquirer for the demise. Please explain
Cincinnati Post RIP 12/31/07.
Cincinnati Enquirer RIP 12/31/10.
The Future is here. It's the internet and 24/7 cable news. Not outdated printed newspapers.
I'm hoping the Cincinnati Post will go out in style, printing a mammoth newpaper edition similiar to The Enquirer's Sunday edition, only without the ads. Included should be headlines from the past, both local and national. Outstanding letters to the editor should be included. Just load it up with everything. Past advertisers should wish it well. And, hopefully, another newspaper will emerge to compete with The Enquirer. A town this size needs two newspapers. Two separate voices.
I can handle Bronson - what I can't handle is a "newspaper" that doesn't provide an opposing, respected, and regular voice from the other side.
The Post served to balance this bias - somewhat.
Now, about half of Greater Cincinnati residents will be subjected only to the views of the other half. And that is irresponsible, dispicable, and unethical.
But, that's the Enquirer.
How WILL the Enquirer spend all the extra revenues garnerd by the close of their competitor?
I like Bronson's columns and look forward to each and every one. Believe it or not, he speaks for many of us...
And yes, the Enquirer did murder the Post in cold blood by not distributing it properly. Of course circulation will decrease if you can never find it to purchase it... AND, when I called up to order delivery, it never showed up~!
This is in question?
FYI: I believe Peter Bronson is an Independent Columnist, hired on contract by the Enquirer. He is not an Enquirer direct hire and does not serve on the Enquirer Editorial Board.
Please get with the times while the Enquirer is still in print.
There are benefits to individuals as USA life expectancy increases.
Unfortuantely, this also propogates the antiquated "Rolodex Crowd". Please retire and move on, out of the next 3 generations' way !
Your socialist's solutions did not solve poverty, class envy, declining public education, health care funding, high taxes, junk environmental science, genocide, politics, etc.
to 12:28 Dec. 29th
What?
Now that the publishing of The Cincinnati Post is ending, I would suggest that The Enquirer appease Post readers, by publishing some of the Posts long time features.
I would suggest printing weekly columnists like Nich Clooney, Clarence Page, and Ellen Goodman.
Possibly also some comics from The Post such as Born Loser, LuAnn, or Brevity. Send in your favorites, or list them here.
Enquirer,
Just report the facts and accurate news. Your onesided reporting will cause your exit real soon. Report the news, don't create it.
I thought that when the Enquirer ran the Post out of town, Enquirer quality would go downhill, and it has already.
To prove you can cover Kentucky, you gave a plush piece to that offensive self-serving Eric Deters, who is certainly not representative of Northern Kentucky, but is more representative of the Enquirer's ideal of a reader.
Ten years ago, to much fanfare, the Enquirer announced they were changing distribution models, and would no longer be distributed by independent contractors, but by Enquirer employees. They promised 6 o'clock delivery. I haven't been getting my six o'clock delivery and called the hotline. The snippy voiced recording told me that "technically" my paper is not late, since my route is not completed until seven o'clock. When was this change made, and why wasn't I notified? Since I start work at 7:30, this means I no longer get a morning paper, but an afternoon one, with the inferior qualities and editorization of a morning paper.
* Our online blogs currently are hosted and operated by a third party, namely, Blogger.com. You are now leaving the Cincinnati.Com website and will be linked to Blogger.com's registration page. The Blogger.com site and its associated services are not controlled by Cincinnati.Com and different terms of use and privacy policy will apply to your use of the Blogger.com site and services.
By proceeding and/or registering with Blogger.com you agree and understand that Cincinnati.Com is not responsible for the Blogger.com site you are about to access or for any service you may use while on the Blogger.com site. << Home