Hawaii Island Journal Folds
By AAN Staff
june 12, 2008 07:27 am
The
Journal, which was
voted into AAN on Saturday in Philadelphia, will close after its next edition is printed this weekend, according to the
Honolulu Advertiser. The paper, which was founded in 1999, was owned by Pacific Catalyst Publishing LLC, which also owns AAN member
Honolulu Weekly. "The
Journal faced a direct challenge for more than a year from the new
Big Island Weekly published by Stephens Media Group," the
Advertiser reports. Editor Peter Serafin
tells the Pacific Business News that publisher Laurie Carlson told him Monday about the paper's closure but gave no reason for the shutdown. "It came as a complete surprise," he says.