Saturday, December 13, 2008

3 Philadelphia Community Newspapers close---Olney Times, News Gleaner, Northeast Breeze

The Philadelphia Daily News reported today (December 13, 2008) that three Philadelphia weekly pulbications ceased operations on Thursday.

According to the story, staffers of the Olney Times, News Gleaner and Northeast Breeze were told all three weekly publications were going to be shut down on Thursday.

Publisher J. Wesley Rowe cited the struggling economy as one of the reasons for the closing.

The News Gleaner has covered the Northeast Philadelphia community since 1882.

Here's a link to the story...

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20081213_3_community_newspapers_close.html

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