Viewing "The State of Ohio," (this past Friday) a weekly teleproduction of the Statehouse News Bureau (public television), the STARK COUNTY POLITICAL REPORT (The Report) has learned that GateHouse Media (locally - The Repository) no longer has a Columbus News Bureau.In a passing comment, one of the guests on the program mentioned that Paul Kostyu is no longer a member of the Ohio statehouse media corp. Also, mentioned were the financial pressures on media in general which is causing a scaling down of workforces within the media.
The Report did search The Repository for an article on this move, but could finding nothing. Either my searching skills need to be upgraded or The Rep/GateHouse Media is being "mum" on the matter or the mention is flat-out wrong.
The Report believes that Paul Kostyu is no more at The Rep at least as Columbus Bureau Chief. The search does reveal that nothing has been published under the Kostyu byline since August 12th.
If Kostyu has been let go from his Columbus responsibilities, this is a blow to Stark Countians ability to be informed as to the doings of area representatives/senators Boccieri, Hagan, Oelslager, Okey, Schuring and Slesnick.
The Repository, in the view of The Report, has - in modern times (1975 through 2008) - been a substandard publication.
Many hope that its acquisition by GateHouse Media would be a positive move to make The Rep a worthy daily publication. But such has not been the case. Apparently, this move has headed The Rep in the opposite direction: from a second-rate publication to, perhaps, a third-rate newspaper.
In the area we have the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron (Canton) Aeros and, maybe in the offing, the Akron-Canton Beacon Journal?
Question: Is The Rep on its way to oblivion? Is The Rep destined to become an "Internet Only" publication?
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