New Detroit daily starts, then stalls
Posted by Lisette García on November 30, 2009 at 7:41 AM
No sooner had a third daily newspaper come onto the scene in one U.S. city, than it announced plans to cease publication until January 1, citing inadequate ad sales, The Associated Press Friday reported.
The staff of the Detroit (Mich.) Daily Press -- drawn from the ranks of those recently laid off for the same reason by the city's two other newspapers -- will now enjoy five more weeks of unpaid leave, TIME magazine observed Friday.
The staff of the Detroit (Mich.) Daily Press -- drawn from the ranks of those recently laid off for the same reason by the city's two other newspapers -- will now enjoy five more weeks of unpaid leave, TIME magazine observed Friday.
The start-up had been in operation for less than a week when it suspended publishing, according to The Detroit News, its direct competitor.
A Daily Press staffer claimed in Saturday's Examiner that the new newspaper is being forced under by bully tactics of The Detroit News and the area's third newspaper, The Detroit Free Press.
Calling the other two newspapers a media mafia, the staffer -- who does not purport to speak for her newspaper's management -- alleges that the other two newspapers conspired to bar distribution of the new newspaper at area stores.
A Daily Press staffer claimed in Saturday's Examiner that the new newspaper is being forced under by bully tactics of The Detroit News and the area's third newspaper, The Detroit Free Press.
Calling the other two newspapers a media mafia, the staffer -- who does not purport to speak for her newspaper's management -- alleges that the other two newspapers conspired to bar distribution of the new newspaper at area stores.
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