(05-29-2018 09:53 AM)EverRespect Wrote: I wonder if they'll merge into a single paper.
Probably not a full merge in that the logistics of covering the entire region with one newspaper would be difficult (plus both papers still have their brand loyalty, which is why you rarely saw the two in direct competition except to a very limited degree in Western Tidewater).
But I do think you'll get some combining of sections. Like I could see the two sports staffs working under one editor. That happened when McClatchy purchased the Raleigh paper, the sports staff there became part of the Charlotte/Rock Hill staffs, even though they didn't all move to the same physical office. I don't think you'd see literally the same section on both sides of the water because people in the Southside don't particularly care about local Peninsula sports and vice versa, but the production of it would be under the same umbrella.
This will probably lead to more layoffs, which were alluded to in another thread. That's what happened when Warren Buffett's group, which already owned the Winston-Salem paper, bought Greensboro's. Shortly after the acquisition, they cut deep at both properties to get rid of redundancies and improve the always important profit margin. But they still have distinct publications.
How it affects ODU coverage, I don't know. The Daily Press used to send a reporter to ODU football and men's and (when they were good) women's basketball games, but I can't imagine that continuing; they'd just use the Pilot's coverage. Whether that means Ed, one of the Daily Press reporters, or someone else entirely, I'm not sure.
(05-29-2018 10:34 AM)mac Wrote: Long time coming.
More than 11 years to be exact. The whole saga started in early 2008 when Landmark announced that everything was for sale. The Weather Channel was the big plum and that went to NBC early (and has since been sold again for a fraction of the price, almost literally pennies on the dollar). Buffett bought Greensboro and Roanoke, tronc bought Annapolis, and the Pilot went unsold for all that time.