THE SUN SETS (3#) -

A NYC daily newspaper closes;
a FL Alt Weekly reorganizes . . .

It is gloomy moment when a newspaper closes down, as in the case of the NY Sun which has just ended its six-year existence.

# Victor Navasky reveals what he already misses.

# John Koblin relays some of the
nostalgia already generated at its closure.

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# Creative Loafing, the Alt Weekly in Tampa,
has just gone into Chapter 11 reorganization.

This article discusses what Eason has in mind for the newspaper's destiny. He is thinking of turning it into something like the Puffington Toast of Chicago for the Central Florida region on the Internet with a weekly print compliment. The article by Steve Fennessy includes some of the history of CL, too.

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