The Connecticut Post, a daily serving mostly Fairfield County, decided to yank its UConn coverage last week, laying off beat writers Rich Elliott and Bill Paxton, friends to us all. Not all that surprising, given this entity's track record of institutional hypocrisy.
Turns out, though, UConn officials were not happy with the Post's decision. Here is why: No other newspaper in Connecticut is more important right now to UConn. The university, in addition to playing more games in Bridgeport to showcase its product to the deep-pocketed gold coasters, is also in the midst of expanding its Stamford campus.
Fairfield County has been an untapped resource for some time now. UConn had been making progress. Except now its primary means to trumpet its message to the people who live there decided to go dark on its coverage.
One university source said Monday that UConn officials and Post management have had "professional and productive" conversations about a potential remedy. Will it happen? Hard to say. But UConn's concern fortifies the idea of the Post's significance.
http://www.theday.com/sports-columns/20150113/connecticut-post-made-a-decision-bad-for-its-business
Turns out, though, UConn officials were not happy with the Post's decision. Here is why: No other newspaper in Connecticut is more important right now to UConn. The university, in addition to playing more games in Bridgeport to showcase its product to the deep-pocketed gold coasters, is also in the midst of expanding its Stamford campus.
Fairfield County has been an untapped resource for some time now. UConn had been making progress. Except now its primary means to trumpet its message to the people who live there decided to go dark on its coverage.
One university source said Monday that UConn officials and Post management have had "professional and productive" conversations about a potential remedy. Will it happen? Hard to say. But UConn's concern fortifies the idea of the Post's significance.
http://www.theday.com/sports-columns/20150113/connecticut-post-made-a-decision-bad-for-its-business