HARRISBURG—We were appalled to see this story on the website at what’s left of Harrisburg’s paper.
Yes, you CAN…close down offices and still give your corporate bigwigs huge bonuses.
After trashing their staff for about nine months in a “restructuring” effort from December 2011 to August 2012, GateHouse Media, one of the corporate news giants that independent media like us are fighting to decimate, did the unthinkable and dumped George Q. Wilson, prompting us to produce this article last September.
In that article, we actually TOLD YOU that this was going to happen. Almost a year ago.
You have to see the impact here.
If WE told you nine months ago what your “local” media was up to and what was about to happen…WHO is the “local” media? And more importantly, WHO cares about you, as the news-seeking public?
That’s right. And we thank you for making our website and paper two of the most-visited, most-read news products in southern Illinois. We had yet another phenomenal day here on the website yesterday, exceeding all totals for the past 30 days…all local news…and all being done while we were sitting here at the home office putting the next print version together.
So be sure you’re reading the news organization that really DOES care about YOU…NOT about the money, like GateHouse does. We’re here to give what we can to you, not take what there is from your communities/businesses/enterprises. Remember that. And be sure you’re reading the print version ($3 a month) or e-Edition ($5.99 a month) so you can do a little part to continue to support one of the last independent news organizations in the Midwest.