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Idaho Press: Newspapers are a free speech zone. Enter at your own risk.

January 6, 2021 statenews 77 Views

by Nathan Alford 2020 was a dark and difficult year across our country and around the world. Some of us

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Northwoods Star Journal: The cost to all citizens in a community when a newspaper closes

June 29, 2020 statenews 424 Views

By Andrew Johnson The financial health of these newspapers has been challenged in recent years with loss of local retail

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COMMUNITY DEATH 

BMTN: Weekly newspapers serving eastern Twin Cities cease publication

October 7, 2019 statenews 623 Views

Several communities in the eastern Twin Cities have lost a source of local news after the apparent shutdown of Lillie

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NYT Editor: Most newspapers are going to die in next five years

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 statenews 938 Views

THE HILL BY Joe Concha New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet is predicting that “most local newspapers are going to

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Longview TX: Texas A&M professor: Losing local newspapers means unhealthy local news ecosystems

April 21, 2019April 21, 2019 statenews 747 Views

By LouAnna Campbell Tyler Morning Telegraph TYLER — A communications associate professor from Texas A&M University says residents of towns

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Public Radio: Fewer Newspapers, More Partisanship

April 21, 2019April 21, 2019 statenews 627 Views

By RICH EGGER Scientific American recently conducted a study that found newspaper closures are linked to partisanship. The publication used voting data

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CityLab: When Local Newsrooms Shrink, Fewer Candidates Run for Mayor

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 statenews 667 Views 0 Comments

A study of 11 California newspapers shows that when cities have fewer reporters, political competition and voter turnout suffer. By

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Maru/Matchbox Poll: Trust in newspapers & radio above 80 percent in U.S. & Canada. Social media, not so much

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 statenews 852 Views 0 Comments

AFP  |  Ottawa Last Updated at April 10, 2019 02:35 IST About half of Americans and Canadians get their news primarily from social media,

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Washington (IN) Times-Herald: Raising our glasses to a departed friend — democracy

February 10, 2019 statenews 687 Views 0 Comments

Somewhere on the outskirts of the great beyond there is a smoke-filled watering hole where Walter Cronkite is having a

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Forbes: Hedge Funds And Newspapers: A Bad Mix

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 statenews 784 Views 0 Comments

by Michael Posner Two news stories this week captured conflicting forces at play in the struggle to preserve journalism. On the

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Kevin Slimp: New Year Predictions for Newspaper Industry
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Kevin Slimp: New Year Predictions for Newspaper Industry

January 6, 2021 statenews 0

As I write this column, vaccines are beginning to make their way to first responders, the New Year has begun,

Affinity Publisher: Could this be the layout software newspapers have been waiting for?
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Affinity Publisher: Could this be the layout software newspapers have been waiting for?

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Kevin Slimp: Why are some metros closing while other papers are growing?
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Kevin Slimp: Why are some metros closing while other papers are growing?

October 28, 2020 statenews 0
Joey Young: WHY NEWSPAPERS SHOULDN’T GET TOO CLOSE WITH INTERNET GIANTS
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Joey Young: WHY NEWSPAPERS SHOULDN’T GET TOO CLOSE WITH INTERNET GIANTS

October 21, 2020 statenews 0
Kevin Slimp: Generating Revenue in Times of Crisis
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Kevin Slimp: Generating Revenue in Times of Crisis

April 28, 2020 statenews 0
Opinion: Gannett isn’t fooling anybody anymore
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Opinion: Gannett isn’t fooling anybody anymore

April 8, 2020 statenews 0

Newspaper Market Watch

MarketWatch: How the death of your local newspaper could cost you money
Latest Politics 

MarketWatch: How the death of your local newspaper could cost you money

July 26, 2018 statenews 0

A recent study from researchers at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois found that the closure of local

Michigan Public Radio report: Newspapers struggling with a Trump tariff on newsprint
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Michigan Public Radio report: Newspapers struggling with a Trump tariff on newsprint

July 19, 2018 statenews 0
Washington Post: Trump’s trade war threatens the U.S. newspaper industry
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Washington Post: Trump’s trade war threatens the U.S. newspaper industry

June 23, 2018 statenews 0
Candidate who asked South Dakotans to “support their local newspapers” wins primary handily
COMMUNITY Politics 

Candidate who asked South Dakotans to “support their local newspapers” wins primary handily

June 5, 2018 statenews 0
NPR: Tariffs On Canadian Newsprint Choke Already Troubled American Papers
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NPR: Tariffs On Canadian Newsprint Choke Already Troubled American Papers

April 20, 2018 statenews 0
CLAY FOSTER: Local news will be impacted by tariffs
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CLAY FOSTER: Local news will be impacted by tariffs

April 11, 2018 statenews 0

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