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Rural newspapers are fighting to survive. So what happens when major news hits?

Nov 4, 2024
A small town Wyoming editor has been running the local 120-year-old weekly newspaper by herself.
Pinedale Roundup editor Cali O'Hare felt threatened after her coverage of a tortured wolf rubbed some locals the wrong way.
Melodie Edwards

How one Virginia county an hour from D.C. became a news desert

In King George County, Virginia, the closure of local newspapers and struggles of area outlets to cover the community have left residents with few sources of reliable news.
With newspapers like the King George News and the King George Journal no longer in publication, residents of King George County, Virginia, have slim options for reliable local news coverage.
Alex Schroeder/Marketplace

Where have all of Shanghai's newsstands gone?

Jul 21, 2021
The kiosks have dwindled in Shanghai, and since the U.S.-China trade war began, it's hard to get people to answer even simple questions.
Gao Dongde, left, has been buying newspapers from Qu Yali's family for decades. He no longer lives in the neighborhood, but he still comes to pick up his newspapers from Qu because there are no newsstands near his current home.
Charles Zhang/Marketplace

Buffett's exit from newspaper business a "negative signal"

Jan 29, 2020
Berkshire Hathaway is selling dozens of daily and weekly newspapers.
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks to the press as he arrives at the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

Hedge funds set their sights on local newspapers

Jan 15, 2019
A fund has offered $1.3 billion for Gannett, publisher of USA Today. Critics say beware.

Growing up in "Cartoon County"

Author Cullen Murphy talks about his new book and what it was like having a dad who was a cartoonist.
John Cullen Murphy's Big Ben Bolt (July 26, 1978)

The self-made millionaire who gave his money to people who just asked for it

Aug 21, 2017
Percy Ross, known as "America's Rich Uncle," had a newspaper column where people could write in with requests.
"America's Rich Uncle" had a newspaper column where people could write in asking for financial help.
NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images

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Brave's new browser sets newspaper publishers on edge

Apr 8, 2016
U.S. newspapers are up in arms about Brave Software's ad-blocking browser.
The New York Times is one of the publications that has sent a sent a cease-and-desist letter to Brave. 
Mario Tama/Getty Images

Tribune Publishing enters the viral marketing sphere

Sep 23, 2014
The Tribune company is counting on online advertising to help its bottom line.

Political ads keep community papers afloat

Aug 22, 2014
National and local politicians still use print ads to reach specific voting blocs.