Newspaper survival (was: Can Citadel Broadcasting survive?)

[Mark Laurence]

On Mar 2, 2008, at 12:26 PM, kvahey@comcast.net wrote:

> It is a little scary to be on the subway and the only newspaper you
> see being read is the Metro.
>
> News junkies today are flocking to Google News which is like having
> thousands of newspapers at your desk.

The problem is, every one of those thousands of newspapers is getting  
weaker all the time.  Online readers used to be able to choose from  
dozens of major papers with national and foreign correspondents.  Now  
it's just a handful in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and  
Washington, and very few others.  Even those papers are cutting back  
sharply.  Someday, bloggers who are starved for meaningful links will  
look back on these as the golden years.