The entertainment and lifestyle publication 77 Square was noticeably slimmer this week, with less content.
Chris Murphy, managing editor of The Capital Times, declined to comment but did confirm that some of 77 Square's content, which includes food, music and arts coverage, will move over to its sister publication, The Capital Times. Staff writers from 77 Square will keep their jobs but will start providing more in-depth stories to The Capital Times. Murphy told Dane 101 that the "best and most creative" stories would now be in The Capital Times.
Lindsay Christians and Andy Downing, who cover dining, fine arts, and music, will now write for both publications but Rob Thomas, who was an entertainment writer and the associate editor of 77 Square, will focus primarily on social media.
The Capital Times ceased publication as a daily afternoon newspaper in 2008. Since then a weekly print edition of the paper, which focused strictly on hard news, was distributed in newspaper boxes around the city and in the Wednesday edition of the Wisconsin State Journal;77 Square was launched at the same time to cover the arts. Both outlets also provide daily content online via madison.com.