(sigh) This just sucks. I mean I know times are changing, the economy is tanking and we should embrace new technology and whatnot. I just hate to see a good paper go down like this. Really, really hate it.

Watch the video The Rocky staff put together to document the paper’s last breath. Be prepared to tear up and to be very impressed with how pretty their newsroom is/was:

The only issue I take with this is the blog-bashing. I mean seriously? Blogs are NOT the only reason newspapers are dying, folks. Craigslist, sure. Bloggers, not so much. Just say’n.

You like it, you love it, you want some more of it:

• A Newspaper Refuses to Die Quietly (readwriteweb.com)
• Rocky Mountain News to close, publish final edition Friday (dvorak.org)