Stop the Press
Now both papers have risen up and have been going strong for 13 years. Like Durham, Hoover said it never ends.
“You become this job,” he said. “You need to know every little thing that goes on. Every single thing you experience becomes this job. You give everything you have and more.”
So, Mr. or Ms. New Owner, be prepared for what lies ahead. Durham said that he fully intends to train the new owner when he sells the Press and makes his grand exit. “It’s not like bam! I’m out. It’s a transition.” Durham said he’d really like to sell his paper to someone who wants to build upon — to add to — the McKinleyville Press as it is, and not dismantle the whole thing.
“I just want someone who can handle the commitment and is not going to run the thing in the ground,” said Durham. “The truth be told, they (the new owners) are going to do what they are going to do with it. Whoever owns it, owns it.”
But there is one prototype Durham definitely doesn’t want to see take over the reigns. “I don’t want a bunch of activists running the thing,” he said.
His future plans? Durham’s always wanted to bicycle down the 101 to San Francisco, and he might just do that after the Press sells and he has some time off. He said he doesn’t have any concrete plans as far as a career, but he still wants to freelance write in the community, even for the new owners of the Press. The reporter in him is not dead; he just doesn’t want to be the captain of the McKinleyville media ship anymore.
So what exactly do you get for 30,000 bucks? Well, you get all the newspaper racks, “presumably the writers and columnists,” computers, software, the subscription list, legal ads, the advertisers and all the archives. But remember, not the pachinko machine.
Sound appealing? Want ultimate press power in McKinleyville, Calif.? The expected mortgage payments are only $143 a month, according to Azalea Realty. But keep in mind: “It takes a lot of energy to put out a paper every week,” said Durham. “Someone dies, you get the flu. You still have to put out the paper.”
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