The Cincinnati Post said goodbye with its final edition Monday — its presses stilled after 126 years. “_30_”, a symbol traditionally used to signal the end of a dispatch, was the front-page headline in the last Cincinnati edition, about an hour before printing of its sister Kentucky Post marked the final run for the daily newspapers reports the Associated Press in the San Francisco Chronicle.

 

In a front page story about the closing, editor Mike Philipps said: “It’s a sad day, but we’re going out with heads high. This paper made a difference in the community.”

 

The Post and its sister Kentucky Post edition have struggled for decades, like other afternoon newspapers, in a climate that has challenged even the nation’s most storied dailies. E.W. Scripps Co., based in Cincinnati, decided in July to close The Post newspapers when a joint operating agreement with Gannett Co. expired. Joint operating agreements allow newspapers to combine business operations when one faces financial ruin.

 

Gannett, which owns The Cincinnati Enquirer, notified The Post three years ago it would not renew the 1977 agreement when it expired at the end of 2007.

 

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