Newspaper closures
‘The final act’: fears US journalism crisis could destabilize 2024 election
Job losses, declining circulations and local newspaper closures could mean spread of misinformation in pivotal election year
Edward Helmore
24, Mar, 2024 @11:00 AM
Longest-running southern California newspaper closes after 168 years
Controversial owner Wendy McCaw has shut down Santa Barbara News-Press, which won a Pulitzer prize in 1962
Michael Sainato
24, Jul, 2023 @12:36 PM
World’s oldest national newspaper prints final edition after 320 years
Austria’s Wiener Zeitung to publish online only after recent law change makes it unprofitable as print product
Donna Ferguson
01, Jul, 2023 @3:56 PM
Dozens of independent newspapers launched during Covid in Australia. What happened next?
After crowdfunding campaigns, first editions and pandemic, are the startups thriving, barely surviving or sadly dying?
Dwayne Grant
12, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM
BuzzFeed's retreat shows that global as well as local news is under threat | Jane Martinson
For all its impact and impressive scoops, Buzzfeed suffered from the age-old problem that news doesn’t make money, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
Jane Martinson
15, May, 2020 @2:00 PM
Baltimore Sun looks to non-profit status to stay afloat amid coronavirus threat
Baltimore-based group wants Pultitzer-winning paper, which has seen deep cuts to its newsroom, to become non-profit and sever link with owner Tribune
Adam Gabbatt
12, May, 2020 @10:00 AM
Covid-19 leaves news and entertainment industries reeling
TV audiences are at Christmas levels, and news website figures sky high, but with few ads or new shows there are fears for the future
Jim Waterson and Mark Sweney
17, Apr, 2020 @3:39 PM
Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News to close and staff laid off
Sources say staff have been told parent company has run out of money during UK lockdown
Jim Waterson Media editor
08, Apr, 2020 @11:52 AM
The newspaper industry was already faltering. Will coronavirus obliterate it?
“We have been able to hang on by our ink-stained fingernails,” writes Art Cullen, editor of Iowa’s Storm Lake Times
Art Cullen
06, Apr, 2020 @10:30 AM
The sick boy, the ‘punch’: the local can still capture the national picture | Kenan Malik
From regional papers to national TV, fact checking has never been more important in speaking truth to power
Kenan Malik
15, Dec, 2019 @6:30 AM
Final editions: why no local news is bad news
Why communities must fight for local journalism – and regional reporters on how their work makes a difference
Tim Adams
29, Sep, 2019 @7:00 AM
Is big tech's move to fund local news a cynical ploy? | Emily Bell
Google and Facebook have stepped in to boost local journalism in the UK and US as they face political pressure
Emily Bell
22, Sep, 2019 @1:00 PM
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