RIP IHT

I always read it when I could on our overseas trips, but times change and you have to move on. I'm not feeling nostalgic.

Maybe it's because I'm not American but I never took to the Herald Tribune. Besides with TV, etc, it's easy to keep with what's happening at home.

It's essentially the same paper, just under a different name, so I'm not overwhelmed with emotion. BTW, Norma, the focus of the paper was never just US news, it was mainly European news for an Anglophone audience living in Europe.

I disagree. It was European news for American readers. I sometimes buy a London paper if available when I travel, though.

President Bush made the Trib go belly up? That's a bit of a stretch even for a conspiracy theorist. He didn't have enough time for piddly stuff. It's well-documented that he was busy keeping it secret that LBJ was the dude on the grassy knoll and that Hillary was the chick that offed Vince Foster up in Rock Creek that morning.

Gee whiz, James, what have I said to irritate you this time?

Yeh, Thomas I understand. The IHT was a link to home and to the ex-pat community for those of us living in Europe before easy-access phone calls and the internet. To this day, when in France my French husband will ask me if I want him to buy a copy of the IHT when he goes to buy his Le Monde. I tell him it's not necessary because I've already read the Times and even my local Bloomington papers on-line.

Unfortunately I think this may be a "sign of the times", as print media everywhere has been losing readership and money in the Internet era. They're adapting to the changes in a variety of ways. Many newspapers (at least in this area) have been increasing their online editions as the subscriptions for their print editions decline. The Vancouver Sun & Province (the two largest newspapers in B.C.) are planning to close their printing plant in the near future and contract that function out. Who knows whether they'll be able to replace all of their print revenue with online subscriptions?

I used to buy the IHT regularly while in Europe. The price kept rising and I started carrying a computer. So I had less need for the paper and somehow had kicked my daily newspaper habit. I bought only one IHT on my most recent trip.

When I was student in German in 1973 our group got one copy of the IHT delivered to our classroom/study area. All 35 of us devoured it. This was how we learned about Watergate. And it had comic strips that we could understand. :) It was great that carried the Washington Post and NY Times articles. I still like to buy it when I see it. I read the British papers whenever I travel in the UK, but I also pick up the IHT to hear the American take on the European issues that I'm reading about in The Scotsman or The Guardian. Of course, one of the things I enjoy about traveling is learning about the different views of contemporary life. So, I'll be a bit nostalgic, but if the paper stays the same, at least I won't have to go into mourning as I did when the Chicago Daily News bit the dust. Pam

The New York Herald Tribune was a competitor to the NY Times until it went out of business in the 1960s. Perhaps the Times wanted to put the final nail in the coffin with the name change.

I loved it and I'll be very sorry to see it go. I grew up with it in France so it's very nostalgic for me. Always bought it when in Paris and loved to sit in the Luxembourg Gardens and read it. I'll definitely miss it.

During my yearly summer travels in Europe in 11 of the last 12 years, I have looked for the IHT daily to get my dose of newspaper reading. I will have to check out the NYT edition in May so see what I think about the new edition.
Hope it compares.