San Diego’s largest newspaper has been sold once again. What does it mean for the future of local journalism in San Diego?
S1: This week on Roundtable. The San Diego Union Tribune is under new ownership and changes are coming for the region's largest newspaper.
S1: And Chris , can you sort of put the UT in perspective for our audience ? You know , there's a lot of news outlets , TV stations , radio stations , even online sources and , of course , the paper. S4: Kitty , go ahead. Yeah , I just I don't know as much about them as I as I wish I did because they control and own so many newspapers. I mean , I believe it's like 70 dailies and over three. Hundred weeklies , and that's a lot of consolidated power. And I personally don't think any one company should own and control. I believe that's dangerous and I just don't believe in that.S2: What's happening in newspapers is much like what's already happened in local TV.
S1: We want to hear from you. Let us know your thoughts on the state of journalism in San Diego. Give us a call. 452-0228. You can leave us a voicemail there or email us at roundtable at pbs.org. Coming up , more on the changing landscape of news. S1: And I know sometimes when people hear about these things , they say cuts. But we're talking about actual human beings here and people that have livelihoods. They have families. Chris used to work at the Union Tribune as well. Maybe different situation , but you've been through a period where they had cuts.
S1: And we know that , you know , job losses in this industry , they've been happening a lot this year. I think Axios had a report out that it's one of the highest years ever and tons. Los Angeles Times latest NPR. Unfortunately , I could really go on there , but it seems like the way people have consumed media is changing the way advertisers are spending. Their dollars is changing. Chris And Scott , I don't know if you guys can you guys obviously run news organizations.
S1: And as Scott talked about in Scott's reported , the UT certainly has been moving there. It kind of makes that sale even , you know , just more questionable in terms of all the reporting out there that they were profitable over at the UT. But , you know , guys , we've talked a lot about changes in journalism today. But a question for everybody.
S2: I'll be interested to know who's affected , what their plans are , whether there are some who might , you know , we might be able to work with at times of San Diego. I'll be interested to see what what happens to the newspaper itself , to its coverage as media news takes over.S3: I just want to see what they do. You know , maybe maybe this surprise us. Maybe they create some new products. Maybe they maybe they don't cut where we worry. So let's see.
S5: They're seeing a lot of a lot of support and a lot of enthusiasm around this year's Pride Festival. But they said the people who are vocally opposed and making threats , those people , while maybe a smaller minority , are feeling emboldened. They are speaking louder. They're feeling emboldened to make these threats. So he said navigating that has been pretty tricky because , again , support generally is high.
S5: Yeah. I spoke to a broker from a company called Caliph Insurance. They're based out of Texas and they provide broker services for San Diego pride , as well as dozens of other pride organizations around the country. And they also just specialize generally in event insurance across the board. And the broker I spoke to told me , you know , insurance costs are going up for all outdoor events , concerts , festivals , fairs. And he said for a number of reasons.
S6: Yeah. And I'm not sure how long it'll take before people start seeing that in the content that , you know , the movies they watch and the TV shows they see. The writers have been on strike for a couple of months now. It doesn't sound like it's going to end anytime soon. S6: Well , I mean , it's just something we keep coming back to on roundtable. We talk about housing , we talk about homelessness. And we know house prices are still astronomically high. But this rent price seems to have just increased over the the last few years of the pandemic. On Midday Edition earlier this week was San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria , who spoke , you know , specifically about issues of of housing and homelessness. And here's a little of what he had to say.
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