To Our Readers
December 31, 2008
AsianWeek has played a long and significant role in helping develop Asian Pacific America, from publishing the first 1980 U.S. Census data on Asian and Pacific Islanders Americans to co-publishing the most comprehensive textbook analyzing 2000 Census data with UCLA.
AsianWeek has also changed itself to keep up with the rapidly evolving Asian American community. This includes the relaunching of AsianWeek.com, as the largest Asian American news site, using the newest delivery tools for electronic media. We also have worked to bring together the increasingly diverse segments of the Asian Pacific American community, organizing events like the Asian Heritage Street Celebration and community-wide campaigns like the San Francisco Hep B Free initiative. Our news focus has shifted in turn to reflect the growing focus of Asian Pacific Americans on their own career as well as their professional and business development. We are also producing more special newspaper sections around issues as diverse as heritage, health issues and car reviews.
The economy and the news business have experienced their own changes. There are fewer major newspapers, fewer newspaper readers and fewer newspaper advertisers than ever before. A faltering economy has accelerated the decline. Meanwhile, Asian Pacific Americans have led the way in the digital revolution, migrating away from print media and into receiving their news and information electronically.
To reflect these changing times, AsianWeek will cease regular newspaper publication immediately. We will continue to publish online and in special newspaper editions. Electronic versions of AsianWeek articles will be available free via email. We will also be more active than ever in the community, helping Asian Pacific America to grow, evolve and reach its full potential. We appreciate the support the community has given us over the last three decades and look forward to giving back to the community for many decades to come.
James Fang Ted Fang
President Editor and Publisher
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Why isn’t this on the front page, yet it comes up in Google News searches?
I want to thank Asian Week for all it has done. Every week, I loved to pick up a copy of Asian Week and just spend some part of my week reading Asian Week. It will be dearly missed.
Keep the on-line version alive!
The Daily Dose keeps us informed and the ability to respond to articles is important to our community’s expression of opinion and dialogue. Asian Week is our voice.
Dear Frank:
You’re asking me to look for a needle in a haystack. You and I, plus maybe a baby’s hand full of others, are motiviated to revive this forum for noble reasons. Why are the Fangs failing to do what they said above? What about the AsianWeek Foundation and all that other jazz? I am game, if others are interested, like you?
As for Obama, so far so good. I agree with you…my gait is a bit better.