'Are Newspapers Dying?' Thread

[The Baron]

Circulation Is Still Declining

[ClarkKent_DC]

Jeff of Earth-J said:

AW! No more Marilyn vos Savant? I start my Sunday newspaper with Parade each week.

Parade is joining the parade of publications moving online.

[ClarkKent_DC]

The Poynter Institute, a think tank that focuses on journalism, takes note of the fact that several major and semi-major newspapers don't have offices anymore, functioning entirely online. I used to work for one of them, as noted here:

Richard Willis said:

Companies that rent their office space are likely to (and may already be) migrating to smaller, cheaper offices if a lot of their staff can continue to work from home..

ClarkKent_DC said:

Many moons ago, I was an ink-stained wretch at a semi-major metropolitan newspaper in Florida. During the past year, they started having everyone work from home, because, y'know, COVID.

Last month, they bulldozed the building to the ground. Today, it's a three-block-square vacant lot.

[ClarkKent_DC]

As noted above, this weekend's newspapers have the final print edition of Parade.

ClarkKent_DC said:

iParade Magazine, the venerable Sunday newspaper insert, will kill its print edition in November.

[ClarkKent_DC]

The Washington Post is killing The Washington Post Magazine and cutting its 10 staffers, per MSN: "Washington Post Says It Will End Sunday Magazine, Eliminates 10 Staff Positions"

Here's the Washington Post's story on the matter, although it's behind a paywall: "The Washington Post Will End Its Sunday Magazine, Eliminate Positions"

Two months ago, the Post revived its long-dead book review section, Book World, which it killed in 2009 ... but it did it by killing its even longer-lived commentary section, Outlook, which had been around since 1954. 

[Jeff of Earth-J]

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is on strike.