“Whether I agree with it or not, whether I even like it or not, the reality is that many individuals, many institutions and philanthropic groups, have concluded that journalism should be nonprofit.”
“I just determined that I would rather do anything else in life than to dismantle a proud newsroom and lay off my friends and colleagues and eventually be laid off myself.”
By gutting local advertising overnight, COVID-19 has accelerated strategies — like cutting print days, corporate consolidation, or even closing down offices — that publishers had hoped could wait a while longer.
The coronavirus pandemic is proving the value of local news to millions of readers, driving up subscriptions. But the advertising collapse is knee-buckling. “If it’s a couple of months, we’ll make it through. If it’s six months, all bets are off.”
Former Denver Post owner Dean Singleton is upset that the paper he built “has been totally gutted of news coverage…It is breaking my heart.” Meanwhile, the current owners plan still another round of cuts — and consider killing editorial pages entirely.
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Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: “Everything I believe about the news business is being violated” at The Denver Post." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 7 May. 2018. Web. 19 Apr. 2024.
APA
Doctor, K. (2018, May. 7). Newsonomics: “Everything I believe about the news business is being violated” at The Denver Post. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/05/newsonomics-everything-i-believe-about-the-news-business-is-being-violated-at-the-denver-post/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: “Everything I believe about the news business is being violated” at The Denver Post." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 7, 2018. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/05/newsonomics-everything-i-believe-about-the-news-business-is-being-violated-at-the-denver-post/.
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