The Cincinnati and Kentucky Post daily newspapers have printed their final pages this past Monday. December 31, 2007 marks the death of a 126-year-old daily newspaper reducing Cincinnati, OH to a "one-paper town", in terms of dailies of course. The Cincinnati Post was an afternoon daily newspaper barred from becoming a morning daily, as well as being barred from Sunday, by its owner and chief competitor The Enquirer. The two daily papers maintained separate news rooms and staff, but the Post was corralled by its afternoon-ONLY restriction and was therefore set on a course to which it could not recover from.

On a positive note, The Kentucky Post will continue to hold its name and methods by reporting via the web at KYPost.com.

There seems to be fewer and fewer printed newspapers as we move forward. The web is the new wave carrying news to consumers everywhere. It is fast and global which makes web news the premier outlet. As I’ve said before there is still a huge loyal following of printed newspapers in the world.

Can we hold a healthy balance between printed news and electronic news?

This shift affects many people and industries. As newspapers die off, people lose their jobs in printing presses and newsrooms. Paper manufacturers and deliverers lose business.

I like receiving my news online. Its convenient and cheap. I do not think that papers will completely disappear for a long while.