Newspaper Death Watch - Chronicling the Decline of Newspapers and the ...

CNN Senior Media Reporter Oliver Darcy has a searing send-up of the free pass legislators and the reading public give to social media companies while holding mainstream outlets to higher standards.
Noting the recent shutdown of The Messenger, layoffs at the already tottering BuzzFeed and the gutting of one-time high-flyer Vice, Darcy contrasts the principles these outlets are expected to uphold with the sewer that is big social media....

A collective of local news entities encompassing over 100 newspapers across New York, inaugurated the Empire State Local News Coalition last week, hoping to propel a legislative agenda to secure the enduring viability of local news.
The move comes at a critical time since the U.S. has seen more than 3,000 newspapers close since 2005, leaving many communities devoid of a single new platform. New York saw a 40% reduction in its newspaper population between 2004 to 2019, along with...

The New Republic’s Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling scalds newspaper owners for the mass layoffs that are making 2024 look like “one of the worst years on record for journalism.”
The body count of laid-off journalists for January alone totals 800 in a year that will see one of the most important elections in generations. A particularly galling action was the Washington Post’s decision last fall to ax 240 jobs – or nearly 10%...

We were excited when BuzzFeed announced a major commitment to investigative journalism and hired old friend Craig Silverman as one of its top editors back in 2015. We were even happier when BuzzFeed, which cut its teeth on riveting stories like 15 Celebrities...