The Tampa Bay Times to shut down its printing press after 60 years

After 60 years, the Tampa Bay Times presses in St. Petersburg will go cold and print their last papers on Saturday night.

Why it matters: About 150 people will lose their jobs.

• Whoever buys the building will decide whether to demolish or repurpose it.

Don’t worry: The Times will still have a physical newspaper — just printed out of a Gannett press in Lakeland.

What they're saying: Amy Hollyfield, the Times' senior deputy news editor, told Axios that in her 24 years at the paper she's seen the plant as a place of refuge.

• During Hurricane Irma in 2017, reporters brought their laptops to the plant and slept there, working around the clock through the storm.

"It's a fabric of the community and it's a piece of us. ... For those of us who have worked here for a while and walked those floors and smelled that ink, and been feeling the pride of the workers who were dedicated to our company because they worked for our company — it's just going to be different."

Worthy of your time ... Check out two features from the Times' Claire McNeil: One about the plant’s last days and another focused on its longtime workers.

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