Hmmm. A two-fer. Another sign that 1) newspapering is cash short 2) NASCAR may be on a downward trend in popularity.
The Orlando Sentinel sports staff received a memo this AM detailing that long-time NASCAR scribe Ed Hinton was leaving the Tribune Company. Media blogger Jim Romenesko has the memo here.
Basically, the Tribune brass has decided to elminate national NASCAR coverage this year in favor of more “local” sports coverage. Hmmm. Where did we hear something similar? Oh, yes. Gannett’s decision to drop its national NBA coverage.
And of course Charlotte taxpayers are on the hook for partnership deals with both NASCAR and the NBA.
