“We can’t
just lose money year after year, and that’s the way it’s going.
“And I tell
them, look, we might still be able to deliver a print edition to you but it’s
not the kind of paper you’re going to want to read, it’s not the kind of paper
I’m going to want to publish. It’s going to have a whole lot less news in it.
It’s going to have a whole lot fewer reporters and editors covering
things.
“There’s no
future in that. That’s what a lot of newspapers are doing, but in my opinion,
there’s no future in that.”
—Walter E. Hussman Jr., publisher
of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, “The Arkansas Gamble: Can a Tablet and Print Replica Rescue
Local News?” Local News Initiative, Northwestern University, Jan.
13, 2020.
• Editorial Comment: Can you wrap fish in that?
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