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Monday, September 14, 2009 11:22 AM

Herald’s Friday editions returning — in your mailbox

Newspaper announces publication, delivery changes coming Oct. 6

By The Herald Staff

A new day. A new way.

The Ottawa Herald will be coming your way on a new day of the week, and it will be arriving in a new way — starting Oct. 6.

The Herald’s publication schedule will change to Tuesday through Saturday and it will be available in news racks and at dealers first thing in the morning every day.

“We’re changing our publication schedule so we can offer a product with late-breaking news every morning for our single copy readers who buy their Herald at newspaper racks and at dealers in the area,” Herald Publisher and Editor Jeanny Sharp said.

The Herald’s press time will shift from about noon each day to midnight each day to accommodate the change, she said.

As part of the change, The Herald will partner with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver subscribers’ editions each day, Sharp said.

“Many subscribers will get their papers earlier each day, and everyone is expected to get it no later than their current delivery time,” Sharp said. “Our new production schedule will allow the Post Office — known for its secure and consistent deliveries — to make same-day deliveries of every local paper in town and on rural routes.

“We’re confident that many subscribers will see improved consistency in delivery, and it certainly will be convenient to pick up your paper with your mail.”

For several months, now, The Herald has been publishing on a schedule of Monday through Thursday afternoons and Saturday morning.

The change will again switch The Herald to five consecutive days of publication.

It also will extend the news coverage day for Herald reporters to include afternoon and evening hours for each edition of the paper.

Sharp said the shift to a midnight press time is the end of an era for The Herald, but one that long is overdue to provide fresh news and stronger coverage.

One thing that won’t change: The Herald will continue to provide late-breaking news online and obituaries online, Sharp said.

It will be the end of the era of independent carriers who deliver newspapers to homes around the area.

“We all will miss this aspect of newspaper operations,” Sharp said. “The tradition of newspaper carriers is more than 140 years old at The Herald.

“Many customers have strong connections to their independent carriers — especially those on rural routes,” she said.

“We appreciate how so many of the independent carriers so often have gone above and beyond to look after their customers.

“Changing technology and economic times, however, dictate that we provide our readers with the most efficient and lowest cost product we can. This is one way we hope to do this,” Sharp said.