With a history dating to 1891 with the weekly Natrona Tribune, published by the Republican Publishing Co., but with a name, reflecting mergers and a somewhat complicated history, dating to 1961, the Casper Star Tribune has ceased printing a Sunday edition.
Today's edition was the last print Sunday tribune.
The Trib has tried to put a happy face on it, but it's not a happy story. Clearly the paper is in economic trouble and part of that is online competitors, of which Wyoming has at least three substantial ones at the present time. It already quit issuing print papers on Mondays, and now it will only issue two print papers per week, and mail them to subscribers from Scotsbluff.
Mail?
Yeah. That's useful. Having said that, the two print copies we got per week didn't arrive super quickly. I'd usually read the electronic edition before that.
A sad end to an era nonetheless.
I prefer the print edition. Maybe that's just me, but I like to be able to thumb through the paper, and frankly I pick up more content reading it that way.
Well, no more. I'm not going to continue having a print subscription for Tuesdays and Wednesdays, which is now the option, had get them a week later when the mail gets here for them.
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