Salon -An alarming new report from the University of North Carolina shows that ... the country has lost nearly 1,800 local newspapers since 2004, and many more have lost the ability to comprehensively cover their communities.
Rural counties with poorer, older populations are most at risk — 500 rural papers have shuttered since 2004. These communities are also less likely to see a digital start-up help fill the void — as funding for both for- and non-profit models are more available in metro areas, and many rural counties across the U.S. still lack broadband internet access, which is critical for delivering online news.
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Here is another take on why newspapers are failing. Their politics is defend the rich against the people and democracy. https://prosperityforri.com/the-providence-journal-doubles-down-on-cluelessness/
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