Dear Trib,
I hate to be "that guy" who complains about their local newspaper because I'm usually not. I really like the Trib and I like your website and you have been good to the Horatio with regular coverage. So, guys, I say this with love ... but did you miss the fact that a Tacoma institution 28 years old closed on Sunday?
TAG's closure broke on Exit133 Monday at 4:00. The Business Examiner had it in yesterday's BEDaily. And the Tribune hasn't run anything yet.
I fully expect a long, in depth article from Rosemary sometime this weekend or shortly thereafter on what happened. That's what the Tribune is for and best at.
But recently you've really jumped on the Breaking News bandwagon and done a fine job putting breaking news on the homepage. Yesterday, in fact the page was crawling with breaking news updates about Libby's verdict, traffic snarls and accidents, robberies, concerts ... I checked it multiple times during the day to keep up.
Which again leads to the question, why no "Breaking News -- TAG closed for good" published Monday night or Tuesday sometime? It doesn't need to be more than a couple paragraphs just letting the public know. The details can come later with the full spread.
In fact, last October I think that the closure of the Empty Space in Seattle prompted a breaking news update on the site. But not for TAG?? It's getting to be kind of a big hole in your coverage, guys.
With all respect,
Erik Hanberg
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
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Good call. We definitely should have had something over the weekend. Rather than make excuses, I'll just let you know that I'm told we're working on something (we were supposed to get a story yesterday).
Mark Briggs
Editor, thenewstribune.com
Mark,
Thanks for your comment. I visit the Trib's site regularly for the breaking news and I just kept expecting to see something Monday night or yesterday.
Thanks for paying a visit here to give an update!
Erik
i wouldn't fault the trib. very few people know about this and it only slipped by barely noticed on exit133. i'm sure that the trib will be the first 'break-ers' of the official news when someone finally knows what is going on.
I suspect that the rumblings of a pending "offical" press release from TAG is unfortunately keeping the Trib at bay. I am sure they want to get the details of how this all comes together for the story, as opposed to using local conjecture. I actually think that TAG's professional hush on this is what's keeping the press response limited. While there was some sort of private closing event on Sunday, TAG has yet to issue any public statement, right?
Here's to The Horatio!
Yeah, it is interesting that TAG hasn't changed their website or issued a full press release as far as I know, and that would certainly influence how the Trib covers the story.
I just expected a confirmation, I guess. Something short that confirmed it happened, and save the details for later.
I'm looking forward to seeing the story, though!
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