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
May the Anchorage Daily Worker be the next propaganda rag to close its doors.
One can only hope. It certainly has not improved under the Binkley watch.
Sorry to hear about the Tribune shutting down. They always provided a good counter opinion on news articles and they focused on local events. Two newspapers in a small community is a rarity and the Tribune will be missed.
Gail Phillips – former Homer Resident
Too bad the whole story was not written. Retired Judge James Hornaday started the Homer Tribune over 20 years ago. There was so little space for any conservative news before Jim gave folks a voice . After selling to Jane Pascall it continued for a period of time until the pressure from the left caused her to change. Jane later went on to other business ventures. The token conservative view point were allowed, at times, to keep come current controversy brewing pot stirred.
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