I get local papers in the mail three days each week, and then have online access daily which I only infrequently use.
https://www.closeup.org/the-decline-of-local-newspapers/ A Northwestern study back in 2022 concluded that the US was losing 2 newspapers per week. Jeremy Gulban now owns 92 local newspapers and according to this article might actually be turning a profit with them now. There's an article in the WSJ today that's more current on the topic, but I don't have a subscription and can't see the whole thing.
okay, 24 hours later. . . He Wanted to Fix Local News. It’s Harder Than He Thought. - WSJ ouch Gulban wants his reporters and editors to build deep connections in their communities. Visit the Rotary Club. Sit down with the local sheriff or school superintendent. Be a real-life reporter, not just a name. In some markets, Gulban can’t find reporters willing to do the job. The company searched for two years for a full-time reporter at its Crookston Daily Times in Minnesota, offering a salary of $40,000. The newspaper was shuttered in February. He has heard from local officials, accusing his newspapers of bias even in nonpartisan elections, a phenomenon he believes is fueled by growing skepticism of journalists. “There’s still this element of ‘the big bad media’…I hadn’t seen that prior to the last year,” he said. Gulban’s papers don’t cover national news and don’t publish Associated Press wire stories, a choice born of limited resources and trying to avoid politics. Even that has caused headaches. Gulban received an upset email from a subscriber after Trump’s inauguration in January, which was held on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday. A newspaper in Texas had published a story about a local MLK Day event, reported by a local staffer, with photos, and had no reporting on the inauguration. The reader took that as evidence of a liberal bias.