Re: Ax falling at Advertiser
This might be a little too "inside baseball" for some folks. I'll explain. The two newspapers had a joint library. When the Gannett Advertiser announced its intentions to kill its partner, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Gannett "seized" the physical assets of the Star-Bulletin. This included hundreds of thousands of photographs in the library. Although Gannett has physical "ownership" of the photographic prints, they do not have copyright, and cannot use them -- although they occasionally do. The point was to deny the Star-Bulletin access to its own resources. (They also took pictures off the walls, bolts of fabric with the Star-Bulletin logo, a box of gold watches for 25-year veterans, anything off desks and out of drawers they took a shine to. It was like the Russians in Berlin in '45.)
However, the Gannett Advertiser also denies access to these archival photographs to citizens, private researchers and historians. Which is really too bad, because all that does is bitch-slap the people of Hawaii. If the Gannett Advertiser really had a sense of public spirit, they'd donate the Star-Bulletin pictures to the State Archives or some other public facility where citizens can have access to them.
It shows you how phony and transparent Mike Fisch's highly publicized membership in outfits like Historic Hawaii really was.
Originally posted by mediababy67
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However, the Gannett Advertiser also denies access to these archival photographs to citizens, private researchers and historians. Which is really too bad, because all that does is bitch-slap the people of Hawaii. If the Gannett Advertiser really had a sense of public spirit, they'd donate the Star-Bulletin pictures to the State Archives or some other public facility where citizens can have access to them.
It shows you how phony and transparent Mike Fisch's highly publicized membership in outfits like Historic Hawaii really was.
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