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A look inside Alden Global Capital's plans to gut the American Newspaper Industry.READ MORE
Yesterday’s bombshell report from the Atlantic about the horrifying state of the American newspaper industry is only the latest in a steady torrent of bad news that’s lasted more than a decade. It’s been an era of inexorable decline, and its impact on democracy itself is catastrophic.READ MORE
While the demise of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily sent shockwaves through the publishing world-and was certainly precipitated by political pressure from Beijing-there is no doubt that local newspapers, the backbone of communities for over 200 years, have virtually disappeared.READ MORE
The relentless spread of news deserts was speeding up even before the coronavirus incapacitated local economies, and since then the rate has accelerated some more.READ MORE
The Local News Network offers a new business model to help small and rural news deserts regain momentum. The broadcast outlet produces individual news stories that air at various video displays across each market. The stories are packaged with local business advertisements, which LNN produces, or advertisers provide.READ MORE
This week's announcement that The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News would switch from daily to weekly distributionnext year was the latest indication of the plight of local newspapers. Amid the declines in revenue from advertising and classifieds, paid subscriptions and paywalls have become more important ways for publishers to monetize their content.READ MORE
We’ve been looking at ways Microsoft’s technology and resources can help address some of the challenges journalism faces, and today I want to share some of the initial work of our initiative. It includes a new community-based pilot program that looks at ways to provide journalists and newsrooms new tools, technology and capacity, and expand reach for local news outlets.READ MORE
Americans have high aspirations for the news media to be a trusted, independent watchdog that holds the powerful to account. But in a new Gallup/Knight study, we’ve found the gap is growing between what Americans expect from the news and what they think they are getting. Perceptions of bias are increasing too, which further erodes the media’s ability to deliver on its promise to our democracy.READ MORE
More than 2,000 newspapers have shut down in recent years, and some regions have become news deserts. Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan says the collapse of local news undermines democracy.READ MORE
The irony is that while battering journalism, the pandemic has also underlined the need for reliable local news.READ MORE
At first, the pandemic cost newsrooms jobs and communities critical work. Now it’s starting to end entire newsrooms.READ MORE
