This seems like very, very long time ago, in a somewhat distant land that doesn’t exist any more.
It was December 9, 2000, and staff of the the Honolulu Star-Bulletin were celebrating at Murphy’s Bar & Grill in downtown Honolulu.
The newspaper had survived an attempt by Gannett to close it down, gone through a prolonged court supervised search for a buyer, and had found White Knight in Canadian publisher David Black.
The newspaper would survive under new ownership, and that was worth celebrating.
There were also goodbyes being said. Managing Editor Dave Shapiro was retiring, and you can see a mock “Aloha Dave” front page on display in several photos.
Just a few months later, on March 15, 2001, the Star-Bulletin crew marched to a new location a few blocks away to start the next stage of the newspaper’s history.
That marked the end of my artificially shortened newspaper career, as the new Star-Bulletin and I parted company.
And if you’re interested, there are more photos from that night available here.
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Wow – interesting assortment of long-goners and where-are-they-now folks. Their IDs are no doubt in your personal memory bank, but it might be of interest to others to know who some of these people are – names-to-faces for “famous” media folks who are not nearly as visible as the TV guys/gals.
Agree with Kimo. Some familiar faces but having trouble with names. Just remembered going with friends to Columbia Inn after art shows. Always fun. Enjoyable photos, even with memory blanks.
Yep. Sadness that the Star-Bulletin died. And the Advertiser’s kick-ass stance didn’t survive. It’s sad, everyway you look at it. Ian should have been pushing the establishment to the edge everyday. What a pity.
I remember that era. The Star-Bulletin paid me $100 for each freelance column I wrote for them. Nice photo of you, Ian.
And Ian and Meda still look just as good as they did 16 years ago!