Comments on: CoPress is closing down operations

By: Ed Gray

Ed Gray — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:04:33 +0000

Sorry to hear that CoPress is ceasing operations as a business, but I hope that this web site can continue in some form or another as an online community. Maybe a former college client will be willing to host it for free and allow other student newspapers to utilize it as a resource. I think the wiki has some great content and has the potential to continue expanding as more newspapers add profiles and their stories of how they use WordPress, Django or Drupal.

By: On College Media « On Rye

On College Media « On Rye — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:51:00 +0000

[...] on the resources (people, wikis and forums) and ingenuity of CoPress. Earlier this week, they announced they were shutting down. Sad. But I was a free rider on their train of open content and free online resources to those of [...]

By: Michael Shedd

Michael Shedd — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:45:01 +0000

Thanks for all you guys did… I only worked with CoPress for a short period (while working for my school newspaper), but even in that short period I can honestly say you guys were extremely helpful. Wish you guys the best of luck in the future!

By: Allan J. Vestal

Allan J. Vestal — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:01:26 +0000

I’m saddened to hear that CoPress is, in some sense, shutting down. As the lead Web developer for a college newspaper, I’ve respected CoPress’ ingenuity and innovation as long as I’ve been aware of the project.

The number of clients this project has accumulated in its short lifespan is very impressive; that number is as much a testament to the talents of CoPress’ team members as it is a reflection on the downfalls of other current online solutions for college media.

Although our paper has never been a direct client of CoPress, we have been very involved with discussions led by its team. I hope that in the weeks and months ahead, these talented individuals will continue to engage the community of college news organizations and their Web staffs, a community that CoPress had a big role in bringing together.

Thank you all for your hard work. It is certainly appreciated and respected within the community. Good luck to you in your future pursuits.

By: Trailblazing Web Team Moves On | Digital Journalism

Trailblazing Web Team Moves On | Digital Journalism — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:01:48 +0000

[...] control (or, “hack the future of journalism,” as they put it) discuss the recent announcement that they’ll be halting operations next month. Founder Daniel Bachhuber started CoPress while [...]

By: US student news service CoPress closes down | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:25:51 +0000

[...] Full post at this link… [...]

By: CoPress, We Hardly Knew Ye: Web Service Shutting Down « College Media Matters

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:25:32 +0000

[...] In the closure announcement posted on its site earlier this week, founder Daniel Bachhuber writes with elegance and appreciable candor about the realities of running an organization high on idealism but low on profit and with hard-working staff stretched beyond their breaking point. As Bachhuber admitted, “[W]ithout the revenue to pay our team full-time, we’ve become dependent on the generosity of committed students to offer our 24/7 support. In addition, the nature of our hosting and support business is such that we encouraged publications to tinker as much as they want with their site. What this ultimately meant was a rapidly growing number of emails for us to answer. Needless to say, it’s become difficult to make this scale in any meaningful way.” [...]

By: CoPress Shutting Down

CoPress Shutting Down — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:05:25 +0000

[...] to talk about their work with college publishing. Unfortunately, news has come out today that CoPress is shutting down operations. The two major reasons cited for the closure are lack of financial sustainability and a support [...]

By: Colin Darland

Colin Darland — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:31:56 +0000

Good luck in the future guys. You had a pretty good product going. Hopefully someone fills the gap that you are leaving because there are a lot of college newspapers that could benefit. I know http://www.dailywildcat.com is looking for a good alternative

By: Ken Edwards

Ken Edwards — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:16:07 +0000

Wow, I am sorry to hear that guys. My only direct experience with CoPress has been recently when they converted our CP4/CP5 data into WordPress, and they did a bang up job of it.

I am really glad we decided to do everything in house at The BG News, but I know that the majority of schools do not have a dedicated web monkey, CoPress was the perfect solution for that.

Before I made the decision to go with Movable Type Pro, I had thought strongly of WordPress and WordPress MU, and the CoPress name kept coming up.

Good luck to you all.