Another dinosaur falls into the tar pit of progress...Cincy Post folds.

[Atman]

Scripps Makes It Official: 'Cincy Post' Folding With End Of JOA

By E&P Staff

Published: July 17, 2007 10:15 AM ET

CHICAGO It's not exactly a surprise, but after 116 years, The Cincinnati Post will fold when its joint operating agreement (JOA) with Gannett Co.'s Cincinnati Enquirer ends Dec. 31, E.W. Scripps Co. said Tuesday. Scripps said it also will shutter The Kentucky Post.

The end of the Post was inevitable when Gannett announced in 2004 that it would not renew the 30-year JOA struck between the two companies on Sept. 23, 1977.

"After careful analysis and weighing several alternatives for the future of The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post, it's apparent to us that it would not be feasible to continue publishing the newspapers after the end of the joint operating agreement," Scripps COO Rich Boehne said in a statement. "The investment that would be needed to continue publishing a daily newspaper that could successfully compete in a marketplace with so many media alternatives would be prohibitive.'

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The Post declined steadily under the JOA, falling in circulation from about 188,000 when the agreement was signed to about 27,000 weekdays and 37,000 on Saturdays.

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[saltpoint]

1. Actually I'm sad to see it go. It was a more moderate voice for years

versus the hideously conservative ENQUIRER.