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Dailies Love Digging Their Own Grave

Not surprisingly, there’s been a ton of news of late surrounding the daily newspaper industry, but the summary of it all is that as bad as things are for the dailies, these businesses are incredibly gifted at finding new, imaginative ways to make things even worse.
• Newspaper revenues are down 29%, and papers around the [...]

Twin Cities Down To 1.5 Daily Papers

The St. Paul Pioneer Press announced today that they were scaling back their print edition and combining sections to save money. The paper will no longer print a local section of the paper but will, instead, cover international, national, and local news in the ‘A’ section of the paper each day. As well, the paper [...]