"The move means that the Gray-owned KKTV will absorb the Scripps-owned KOAA in Colorado Springs."
Scratching my head. According to the Gazette:
"Under this week’s agreement, KOAA and KKTV would both be owned by the E.W. Scripps Company . . .
"The agreement . . . will allow Scripps, which already owns KOAA, to take over KKTV from Gray TV. Scripps will also acquire two Grand Junction stations — KKCO, the NBC affiliate, and KJCT, the low-power ABC affiliate."
No need to scratch! I should have written that KKTV would be absorbed into KOAA. I changed it, put an asterisk at the end of the sentence, and a correction in the odds & ends. Thanks for the catch. – Corey
Grand Junction? Small compared to Denver, sure, but the paper is Gannett. Excuse me, USA Today Co. Actually, the real name is Craphouse, because that's the tail that wags the dog.
I stand corrected! I don't know why I thought that, but I did. That said, the Fort is bigger than Grand Junction, so even thought I can't play off Snyder's words, the idea is still there, and Ms. Gonzales is right to be skeptical.
That then said, per your header? None of the carriers is "paper boys," and I'm sure you know that. Maybe you're riffing on nostalgia, but paper boys, or girls, haven't been around in what, at least 30 years if not 40 or more? At least not in my part of the world.
My first newspaper job was delivering the New York Times here in Boulder .. door to door 7 days week with drops at Eads.News and 8 days a week plus a Sunday pick up at Stapleton Airport. I was employed by the NYT and paid a whopping $7.50.per hour plus .35 cents pe rmile. This was big money for an after school job in the late sixties early 70s.. I eventually wrote for International Times of London in London Uk..yup
"The move means that the Gray-owned KKTV will absorb the Scripps-owned KOAA in Colorado Springs."
Scratching my head. According to the Gazette:
"Under this week’s agreement, KOAA and KKTV would both be owned by the E.W. Scripps Company . . .
"The agreement . . . will allow Scripps, which already owns KOAA, to take over KKTV from Gray TV. Scripps will also acquire two Grand Junction stations — KKCO, the NBC affiliate, and KJCT, the low-power ABC affiliate."
No need to scratch! I should have written that KKTV would be absorbed into KOAA. I changed it, put an asterisk at the end of the sentence, and a correction in the odds & ends. Thanks for the catch. – Corey
Grand Junction? Small compared to Denver, sure, but the paper is Gannett. Excuse me, USA Today Co. Actually, the real name is Craphouse, because that's the tail that wags the dog.
The Sentinel there is still family owned. Gannet owns the Coloradoan in Fort Collins and te Chieftain in Pueblo, though.
I stand corrected! I don't know why I thought that, but I did. That said, the Fort is bigger than Grand Junction, so even thought I can't play off Snyder's words, the idea is still there, and Ms. Gonzales is right to be skeptical.
That then said, per your header? None of the carriers is "paper boys," and I'm sure you know that. Maybe you're riffing on nostalgia, but paper boys, or girls, haven't been around in what, at least 30 years if not 40 or more? At least not in my part of the world.
Ha, yes, of course.
My first newspaper job was delivering the New York Times here in Boulder .. door to door 7 days week with drops at Eads.News and 8 days a week plus a Sunday pick up at Stapleton Airport. I was employed by the NYT and paid a whopping $7.50.per hour plus .35 cents pe rmile. This was big money for an after school job in the late sixties early 70s.. I eventually wrote for International Times of London in London Uk..yup