There is so much missing from this story that it's hard to know where to begin. Start with this: There is no mention whatsoever of the ruinous debt laid on top of these legacy papers by a succession of corporate owners. Many papers would be profitable to this day were it not for that debt.

Really dry story with a remarkably boring selection of quotes, but fairly informative, nevertheless -- a boiled down and accurate overview of the American media dilemma.

If papers go the way of hula-hoops and marbles, what difference would it make. Everything dies in due time. My local paper, the News Reporter is doing great. What does it print. Local people who've been arrested. People who get tickets for speeding have their name in the paper. It just a gossip rag, but, it's local, and the locals love it. It comes out twice a week and people actually go to the newspaper office and buy it. Cars line up to spend five dollars in gas to get a fifty ... More »

A concise listing of many U.S. newspapers in financial trouble and the complex range of factors they face in turning a profit.

I don't understand them. They complain about the aggregator sites, but they don't try competing with them directly. Put them out of business and aggregate each other's content.

Why is it so hard for newspapers to write a story about why newspapers are failing? It is very simple if you remove ownership from the community served that newspaper will fail. It lacks understanding or even interest in the community. So, the community loses interest and the paper fails.