I just got this email from the editor of my daily newspaper. Boy oh boy... things are rough all over. I will honestly miss the bang of morning paper as it it slams against my front screen door. Reading the paper "on-line" is just not the same as holding it in your hand while trying to reach for your steaming cup of coffee.... sigh....
 

 
EMAIL MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR

I
wanted to alert you, as one of our best customers, to ground-breaking
changes at The Detroit Free Press. They've been announced on freep.com,
and other media have covered the news as well, but you might not be
aware yet.

In early Spring, the Free Press will change from
offering seven days' home delivery to offering three days - Thursday,
Friday and Sunday. We now also offer a digital subscription on
freep.com so you have the option of seeing the newspaper pages online
exactly as they appear in print.

And you will still be able to purchase the Free Press any day at
stores, newsstands and newspapers racks - that won't change. We will
maintain our strong news report, and we will redesign the newspaper to
provide an easier-to-use format -- as well as retaining the exclusive
reporting and depth that we're known for.

We are not taking our
changes in delivery lightly. We've spent many months developing our
plans, which are unique in the country. As many other newspapers cut
their news-gathering operations drastically, we remain committed to the
kind of strong news report that Detroit and Michigan deserve.

We take these steps for two reasons:

First, the newspaper industry must completely transform its way of
doing business in order to survive. With generations of readers and
advertisers using digital media more and more, we simply cannot
continue to bear the cost of delivering the ink-on-paper newspaper
every day.

Second, we need to invest in new ways to deliver
information digitally, whether on our Web site or on the mobile devices
so many people carry now. The changes we're announcing will enable us
to do that. We need to move even more rapidly into the digital age.

As editor of the Free Press, I promise you this: Not only will we
continue to provide a strong, contemporary news report in print and
digital formats, we'll enhance our live updates and multi-media
information on freep.com.

We'll stay in touch with you on when the delivery changes will be implemented. For updates and discussion, you can go to freep.com/transform. You can also look for updates in the Free Press and
freep.com.

I want to personally ask you for your understanding as we make these changes, and I thank you for reading the Free Press.
 
Sincerely, Paul Anger
Editor and Vice President
Detroit Free Press and freep.com