newspapers
The newspaper industry was supposed to recover as the economy did. That has not happened.
5 months ago
Lee Enterprises claims, "no competitor can match the indispensable local news." As it layoffs more people, that becomes less and less likely.
6 months ago
One reason the New York Post is unusual is that it is still very large by U.S. newspaper standards. Rupert Murdoch has funded the city-based daily paper despite a multiyear string of losses.
2 years ago
At more and more papers, the newsroom is gone entirely. That may further undermine the future of newspapers, even if it saves what has become very precious money.
2 years ago
An extraordinary quarter of all American newspapers have closed in the past 15 years. Many others are on their last legs.
2 years ago
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As the destruction of America's daily newspapers accelerates due to the spread of COVID-19, one state's largest paper will cut its staff by 50%. While papers have cut staff in dozens of cities, this...
2 years ago
Newspapers are among the pillars of American democracy. Trouble at the Los Angeles Times shows just how much the industry is under siege.
2 years ago
If bondholders could get much more than $200 million for McClatchy papers, would they take it? There is a chance the properties are worth much more than that.
2 years ago
The odds that McClatchy papers will be sold is high, and there is already a list of potential buyers.
2 years ago
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One would think the wider newspaper industry could take a page from The New York Times playbook to salvage what is left of it. Unfortunately, it can't.
2 years ago
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If a large chain like Tribune Publishing cannot effectively fight the industry's problems, what can the industry expect from everyone else?
2 years ago
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If there is any lesson from the New York Times results, it is that the industry's problems will not just persist but will worsen.
3 years ago
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Pew Researched has released a study showing that 27% of America's large newspapers cut staff last year. There is no reason to think that the layoff trend is over.
3 years ago
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New research shows that over 2,000 newspapers have closed since 2004, a staggering figure given that the industry was once among the largest employers in America.
3 years ago
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Call it part of the implosion of the American newspaper industry. A 126-year-old, Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper will lay off its entire staff as it changes ownership.
3 years ago
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