“When the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention said all events with more that 50 people are shut down, I thought to
myself, ‘We’re done.’
“I’m a pretty good salesperson, but to try and
place ads for events that aren’t happening and businesses that are closing is
beyond my abilities.”
—Jeff
vonKanael, president of the Sacramento,
Chico and Reno News & Reviews, three alternative weeklies in California and
Nevada, closed his newspapers last week, in Abené Clayton, “‘We were on borrowed time’: coronavirus could strike final
blow to local newspapers,” the Guardian, March 20, 2020.
• Editorial Comment: Great. A newspaper-killing virus.
End of another crazy viral day
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