
As Oakland Tribune disappears, a city mourns its newspaper
The Oakland Tribune has escaped death before, from the era in the 1980s when its then-owner Gannett renamed the newspaper “EastBay Today,” to the years when it dropped the city’s name from its regal Old English-style nameplate and styled itself “The Tribune.” […] to longtime Oaklanders and media watchers, the latest reimagining of the storied 142-year-old paper feels like the final gasp. “I hear the ring of the death knell, and I really do believe that death knell ring is getting louder an…