"...dinosaur media keeps shrinking."
Yup. And internet ad revenue keeps rising, while nearly everyone agrees that newsprint ads are biggest waste of money anywhere.
My company sunk about $250k on them...and got NADA!!
This could be a huge business opportunity for a fair-minded publisher would wanted to buy a newspaper, on the cheap. Imagine a national-level newspaper doing the whole 'fair & balanced' thing - what a concept! It's there for the asking.