Local News Briefs & Tidbits: 06-25-09
SUMMER IS HERE. Or so rumor has it. At least that’s what the calendar says. If anything else, the month of June has confirmed the fact that the Earth’s surface is indeed largely made up of water. REPUBLICAN TO FOLD? It’s no secret that The Republican – greater Springfield area’s only daily newspaper, has fallen [...]
Newspapers Seek Alternatives as Death March Continues
The era of daily print journalism continues to fade as more and more newspapers have opted to shut their doors rather than continue on with the struggle. By now, it seems certain that unless the local advertising problem is solved, nearly all local dailies will be punching their ticket to oblivion.
Crunch Time for the Dailies
News that the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor (CSM) would be ceasing its daily print edition early next year in order to focus on its Internet incarnation hit the headlines just this past fall, but the downward spiral of our nation’s traditional newspaper industry has been old news for several years, now. Newspapers – both dailies [...]
Speaking of Journalism
As newspapers across the country continue their slide into mediocrity, each one wondering when the industry will at long last bottom out, the debate on the future of journalism rages on. Here in Springfield, MA, the death watch for the city’s only daily newspaper, the Republican, continues unabated as many people here are now taking [...]
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