April 5, 2014 at 11:26 AM
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Michele Mottini
I worked most of my carrier writing software for newspapers’ production. It is an industry that is quickly going to the dumps, at least in the ‘developed’ world.
I just found out that the Fredericksburg, VA ‘Free Lance-Star’ is in Chapter 11. It was the first US newspaper that used the software I worked on, and the very first US customer I visited back in 1997. A family-owned newspaper with a long history, it was a nice business and a good customer. They taught me stuff, and I was even invited at the house of the publisher/owner for lunch.
I understand the reasons why newspaper are gong away, but it is still pretty sad.