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HI SR92
Resolution
Status
4/8/2010
Primary Sponsor
Clarence Nishihara
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AI Summary
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Urges Oahu Publications, Inc. to continue publication of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin or provide sufficient time to find a qualified buyer to preserve two independent daily newspapers in Honolulu.
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Notes that Oahu Publications announced plans to close or merge the Star-Bulletin with The Honolulu Advertiser if a buyer is not found by April 2010.
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Identifies the Star-Bulletin as a 128-year-old independent newspaper with award-winning journalists and warns that closure or merger could result in approximately 200 job losses.
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States that loss of the Star-Bulletin would eliminate editorial and reportorial competition between two daily newspapers, reducing the diversity of independent voices serving the community and democratic process.
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Directs transmission of certified copies of the resolution to Oahu Publications, Inc., Gannett Co., Inc., the Hawaii Attorney General, and the United States Department of Justice.
Legislative Description
Honolulu Star-Bulletin; Honolulu Advertiser; Sale
Last Action
(S) Report and Resolution Adopted as amended (SD 1). Recused, 1 (Slom). Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none).
4/8/2010