Mr Edmonds says a number of layoffs in the newspapers mean the industry is shrinking. 'I think with so much revenue still in print compared to online 85 to 90 per cent at most American papers, there's a big risk involved in whether you lose readers, but probably financially whether you lose advertisers in the process.' 'I would be surprised if it's a movement that just kind of sweeps through the industry over the next year,' he said. He says the difficult economic times require some unconventional efforts from newspapers to survive.

Rick Edmonds is a media business analyst at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank. 'In-depth analytical coverage plenty of human interest arts and entertainment items that range from symphony reviews to Sudoku, to Charlie Brown.' Job cuts 'The news will continue to publish six days a week and there's a lot that will be familiar. 'We don't think print is dead or dying and judging from the earlier reaction to this initiative from our readers, they don't either,' he said. The publisher of the Detroit News, Jon Wolman, says the move does not signal the death of newspapers. 'Even though we have it all on the news and the internet, it's all over, but I prefer the paper,' he said. 'I think maybe they should just raise their prices so that we can continue our wonderful breakfast morning routine.'īill Kinnard says he too likes the tradition of home delivery. 'I can't imagine not having home delivery,' she said. Marlene says she would be happy to pay extra to keep the service. I mean if it's not a newspaper we're gonna miss it and we're not going to sit at home and look at the flat screen, I don't do that,' Hank said. Hank and Marlene Czerwick take their home-delivered newspaper to a diner in Dearborn every morning.

'But there's a degree of pain, remorse and a little bit of sadness in this as well, as I think we declare there's an end of an era one that has served us very well and people throughout Detroit and the state of Michigan for 100 years.' Home-delivered traditionīut the tradition of home delivery will be hard to give up for some. I think when we get through this it is an energising day,' he said. He says it has to shift resources to the digital side of its business. The publisher of the Detroit Free Press, David Hunke, says his paper cannot live in the past. 'A lot of people's going to be losing their jobs but even with the economy the way it is, everybody's got to cut back somewhere.' 'I'll lose maybe $US300 a week,' he said. He says the cutbacks are another sign of the tough times. They say they will instead focus on expanding their websites and printed versions will still be sold at newsstands.Įrnie Pack delivers the papers to more than 1,200 homes on two routes in Dearborn in Michigan.

So from March, these two newspapers will cut back on home delivery to just three days a week. For the United States newspapers Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press, circulation is dropping, advertising revenue is falling and costs are rising.

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