US newspapers face 'extinction-level' crisis as Covid-19 hits hard

The Guardian ^ | 19 April 20 | Adam Gabbatt

[JohnBrowdie]

Guess we can all hang out here and read each other's vanities.

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people say "lol" all the time without really menaing it, but I literally laughed out loud when I read that comment.

[comebacknewt]

And there was great rejoicing.

[oldbill]

Is this supposed to be bad news?

[catnipman]

“I suppose they could fill up the paper with fake anti-Trump polls, and fake anti-Trump editorials”

oh, wait ...

[henkster]

How come dinosaurs don’t talk?

Because they are all dead.

(Thanks to Brian Regan)

[Trillian]

There is always a big supply of freebie newspapers at the grocery stores around here. My birds are good ;)

[LeonardFMason]

Hopefully we are talking 100% fatality rate.

[TBP]

Most of them won’t be missed, and the few that would are generally the ones most likely to survive.

[from occupied ga]

see posts 13, 22, 32

[Fledermaus]

Boo Hoo

[semimojo]

see posts 13, 22, 32

The Epoch Times is a Falun Gong thing so I don't know where their funding comes from, but the local papers mentioned are very valuable and exactly who's going to be hit hardest.

You don't need to advertise in your local paper if you had to close your restaurant.

[preacher]

l8r

[SouthParkRepublican]

I’m inclined to agree with you.

On Lehigh Valley Live there was a clear editorial slant to the left and articles would be published and then dissected and ridiculed in the comments section. The effect was contrary to the intended narrative.