One-third of U.S. newspapers as of 2005 will be gone by 2024

[gordo]

Sadly, the downward spiral continues.

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/16/newspapers-decline-hedge-funds-research

 

[rcreveli]

I'm in PA and 2 of the 3 largest Newspapers in the state are now non-profits. The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Lancaster Intellegencer (as of this year). I think this model is going to be critical if Newspapers are to survive and provide value to their communities.

 

[SheetSqueezer]

It’s okay with me, I get all my news from PrintPlanet.

 

[namelessentity]

I rely entirely on NextDoor for my local news. Thanks to Karen, now I know all of my neighbors are thieves, pedophiles and likely armed.

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

I rely entirely on NextDoor for my local news. Thanks to Karen, now I know all of my neighbors are thieves, pedophiles and likely armed.

It's not like everything is downstream of Twitter etc anyways.

Crying about newspapers going out of business is odd. Most of them, just like rcreveli states, fail to provide value commensurate to what they used to, and people are putting their attention elsewhere.

 

[EdwardGuerra]

thanks for this!!!!

 

[YourCastle]

I find this news shocking.

I've been told that print is dead for 20 years. Yet, this is saying that 2/3 of newspapers will continue indefinitely. I'm impressed. This is very good news for the print industry.

Tho I wouldn't recommend a young person get into the industry. I can't imagine that print could sustain a 20something's career for 50 years.

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

I find this news shocking.

I've been told that print is dead for 20 years. Yet, this is saying that 2/3 of newspapers will continue indefinitely. I'm impressed. This is very good news for the print industry.

Tho I wouldn't recommend a young person get into the industry. I can't imagine that print could sustain a 20something's career for 50 years.

Printing is not dead. Newspapers are dead.

 

[YourCastle]

Printing is not dead. Newspapers are dead.

umm, if 2/3s of newspapers are continuing indefinitely, then newspapers aren't dead?

at this pace, it looks like newspapers will continue for a few more decades.

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

umm, if 2/3s of newspapers are continuing indefinitely, then newspapers aren't dead?

at this pace, it looks like newspapers will continue for a few more decades.

2/3 of newspapers as of when?

 

[YourCastle]

2/3 of newspapers as of when?

I'm just doing the math from the subject line. If 1/3 are dead as of next year, then 2/3 are not dead.

yeah?