The Homer Tribune, a small-town weekly that was in circulation for nearly 30 years, shuts its doors as of today’s issue, making the Cosmic Hamlet of Homer a one-newspaper town.
“This is the last issue of the Homer Tribune. After two decades of publication, we’ve made the difficult decision to stop production.
“As the news business continues to evolve, hyper-local printed newspapers like the Homer Tribune are becoming less viable. We intend to continue meeting our readers online at adn.com,” said Ryan Binkley, president of Anchorage Daily News LLC, which acquired the Tribune earlier this year from Alaska Media.”
“We thank all our readers and advertisers for their support. (Paid subscribers will receive refunds for the balances of their subscriptions.) We also want to thank all of the contributors to the Tribune through the years. Homer is a special community, and we’re proud to have been a part of it,” the staff wrote.
Historically, the Tribune has done feel-good stories for years, a “shopper.” The Homer News has been the stronger of the two papers in town, and is now owned by Sound Publishing.
http://www.homertribune.com/article/1940saying_a_final_goodbye_is_never_easy
