Klarinet Archive - Posting 000579.txt from 2005/06

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] San Jose Mercury News (was David Breeden)
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:18:55 -0400

Then maybe the Mercury should be asked to consider running an
'article' on the passing of this beloved and most highly respected
person. Such a loss would be considered news where I live.

Richard Bush

On Jun 28, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Zornow, Claudia wrote:

> The San Jose Mercury News is the major newspaper in the Bay Area
> south of San Francisco, a.k.a Silicon Valley; San Jose's population
> is larger than that of San Francisco. I asked the obituaries editor
> why no obituary for a significant figure of one of the Bay Area's
> cultural treasures and got this reply:
>
> Good Day, All of our obituary or death notices are paid, and
> must be
> submitted by family members. The family may not of [sic] felt a
> need
> to submit one to our paper. We do not run death announcements as a
> vital statistic. Thank you for your interest.
>
> Interestingly, the Mercury News has just gone through a redesign to
> emphasize its local coverage, presumably because more and more people
> are getting their world and national news from other sources.
> Obviously
> they haven't gotten it right.
>
> Claudia
>
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