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The future of the Merc, as seen from the outside

March 6, 2008 | Author: cobrien | Filed under: Inspiration, tips

This week, two local folks offered up some thoughts on the Mercury News and what comes next after our latest round of layoffs, which are scheduled to take place Friday. Neither is particularly hopeful, or flattering. But they’re worth hearing out.

Ryan Sholin, who is leaving the Bay Area for New York state, gives a recap of our recent history and offers his thoughts on our current issues:

“So change. Or die.”

Michael Bazeley, who worked at the Merc for 11 years, was most recently our multimedia guru before leaving last fall. He writes an obit for the Merc, which I hope is premature:

“It pains me to write this, pains me to know how this situation is affecting the lives of some really great journalists still at the Merc.”

Finally, on a somewhat related note, David Sasaki on the Idealab blog, gives a more hopeful take on the legacy of our former corporate parent, Knight Ridder. David looks at the fall of the company, and the ongoing work of the Knight Foundation as it tries to guide us into a new era:

He writes: “The Knight Foundation is single-handedly making citizen media both more serious and more respected by giving financial support to some of the field’s most innovative thinkers. But is this a sustainable model for the transformation of media?”

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