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PCIntern

(25,518 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:35 AM Jun 2014

This is a BFD: Brand-new co-owner of Phila. Inquirer and Daily News killed in that plane crash

The papers just changed hands this week: relatively speaking, the good guys won. Now this:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140602_Lewis_Katz__co-owner_of_The_Inquirer__dies_in_plane_crash.html

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This is a BFD: Brand-new co-owner of Phila. Inquirer and Daily News killed in that plane crash (Original Post) PCIntern Jun 2014 OP

You have to understand that our papers have been in horrible decline PCIntern Jun 2014 #1

What a shame, so very sad. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #2

Philadelphia's newspaper people are tops. Octafish Jun 2014 #3

Unfortunately, there has been a mass exodus and almost no one is left PCIntern Jun 2014 #4

PCIntern

(25,518 posts)

1. You have to understand that our papers have been in horrible decline

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:48 AM

Jun 2014

but the new management, which has a proven track record, is attempting to resurrect the papers, at least the Inky. We don't know what is going to happen to the Daily News yet...

RKP5637

(67,102 posts)

2. What a shame, so very sad. n/t

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:52 AM

Jun 2014

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

3. Philadelphia's newspaper people are tops.

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 11:05 AM

Jun 2014

The media company I once worked for here in Detroit did a LOT of work with the good people at the Inquirer and Philly.com through a couple of foundations that care about such things as news and democracy.

I am very sorry to hear the tragic news, PCIntern.

PCIntern

(25,518 posts)

4. Unfortunately, there has been a mass exodus and almost no one is left

Reply to Octafish (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 11:11 AM

Jun 2014

from the old days. Many of them were patients of mine including but not limited to editors, columnists, and beat reporters. They were exciting times...I used to get great inside stories before the fact.

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