The news about the news is mostly terrible. To wit:
The main culprit appears to be the loss of classified advertising to cheap online sites such as CraigsList, which Forbes prophetically dubbed the "Newspaper Killer" more than 15 years ago ...
Since 2005, roughly 2,200 local print newspapers in the U.S. have shuttered – over one in five. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit us hard two years ago, 100 more closed as advertising revenues plummeted along with the business climate. Still hundreds more have become "ghost newspapers" – papers that appear to be functioning but in reality have tiny staffs, thin local coverage, no newsroom, and carry mostly shared regional news from outside the immediate area. The phenomenon has given rise to yet another depressing term: "news deserts."
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As the local newspaper infrastructure around us crumbles, @TerryCowgill reports on a glimmer of hope. https://t.co/Y53eAGA9Wb
— ctnewsjunkie (@ctnewsjunkie) March 28, 2022
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