And the editor for the Desert Sun was there answering questions. Just recently the Desert Sun has been "merged" with Gateway Press but she is determined to keep a local focus. It's what it's all about and why we pay for this when we're in PS. Over the past 10 years, they have lost more than half of their subscription customers. They are being creative about this. The space where the presentation was in was reconfigured to have such presentations and also to have things that people pay for so that helps revenue. They are being creative for sure.
Then we had a tour of the presses and a press was being run since they contract to print other local newspapers...this was the paper from Ventura County. It was great to see the press running. The Desert Sun runs their press around 10pm and those newspapers are ready by 2 am but they distribute all sorts of other newspapers (private company) so that's why delivery doesn't happen until much later...sometimes 10 am in sme areas. We get our newspaper before 8 am so I guess we're lucky that way.
When we start up our paper here there is always have a hassle getting the newspaper delivered but that is also all contracted out. The editor isn't pleased they don't have control over that stuff. It all makes us even more tolerant of their problems since we do love our printed newspaper delivered to our door. It does get here eventually.
We were in Palm Springs when this happened.
The drone is in front of the photographer..guy on the left.
These next ones are of the printing press area. Due to budget constraits they have a mechanic who works if something breaks down. They don't do regular maintenance now.
