Yes, another one bites the dust. DP reports it will sell its main office building and property on West Rio Road. The DP reports:
The Progress building, a former hardware store located at the corner of West Rio Road and Berkmar Drive in Albemarle County, and its land have a combined assessed value of about $4 million, according to county records.
Daily Progress Publisher Lawrence McConnell said the newspaper looks forward to finding an appropriate space for the news, advertising, circulation and business functions of the paper, which could result in staying in the current facility. The Progress has been in the Rio Road building since moving there from Market Street in downtown Charlottesville in 1983.
The sale of the building became more of an option after Media General decided to shut down the press on Rio Road and shift printing of The Daily Progress to a company plant in Hanover County and printing of the Waynesboro News Virginian to the company’s Lynchburg newspaper plant. Each had been printed in Charlottesville until July.
Can’t see we didn’t see that coming. Does this mean DP will start to give us exciting news? Its too early to tell. They really have nothing to lose at this point though.
[pic from herval on flickr]
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There is already a nice discussion over at Cvillenews.com about this.
@1 Which is why we need to have a “not so nice” discussion over here.
/to every thing, turn, turn, turn…
Forget this news. Did you see over there that the Hook is being sued for $5.7 million? Makes the Matt R. debacle look like a baby’s tantrum.
@3 that thread is very funny over at cvillenews.com as well. Waldo totally nails the dude for posting on numerous name and shoots down many of his claims. Funny stuff to be sure. He accuses Waldo and Hawes of being secret gay lovers
OMG that shit is hilarious. Thanks SP!
I read the whole article, and all 21 comments, and could not find the funny, nor any of the tidbits mentioned above. Am I doing it wrong?
Here Byo, you’re reading the wrong story:
http://www.cvillenews.com/2008/12/23/garrett-hook-lawsuit/
Damnit, that IS entertaining stuff!
Maybe if they sell the building the newspaper won’t blow as much as it has all of my life. Is there a more horrid website than any Media General newspaper site?
On another completely unrelated note, I had a tuna fish sandwich at Greenberry’s today and it’s one of the best lunch items I’ve ever freaking had.
oh, heck, yeah, the “progress” will still continue to “blow”. It’s a Media General issue, not a local issue.
/trust me on this
We couldn’t find a Matt Rosenberg, of the DP and damn-your-eyes, photo for this Post?
If the office closes, where will he now be able to illegitimately use DP office and electronic equipment to send unreceived faxes, make self-exonerating pseudononymous comments, and generally handle his personal very important artistic affairs during business hours on company time?
I hate to click over to CvilleNews. Who’s suing Hawes and for what? Anyone remember how much the Nudist Lawsuit was for (and who won) back when Hawes ran his own paper Cville-Weekly?
@7 This Garrett fellow is amazingly annoying. He is quite possibly the most prissy person I’ve ever seen.