There are tragedies, travesties, and then there is this news that the Weekly World News will shut down as of its August 27 issue.
Truly a sad day for supermarket shoppers. The newsstands in the checkout line are dominated by People/Us/In Touch, and the Star and Enquirer are making forays into celebrity-based reporting as well. WWN truly stood out, if only for its sheer absurdity. I will miss it.
Update: I wish I had a consortium. Or a group. Or some investors. Or something. I'd buy WWN just to keep it alive. I think it provides a service. What that service is - hell, I don't really know. But it's damn important, if only to keep the tradition of stories like "Osama Captured By Rednecks!" alive.
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