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It’s not surprising that a business based on providing printouts of yesterday’s wire stories plus classified ads isn’t doing well.
by User23 8y ago
It’s not surprising that a business based on providing printouts of yesterday’s wire stories plus classified ads isn’t doing well.
- presidente20 8y agoIt's surprising that the BBC think it's surprising.
- fludlight 8y agoI wonder what the local news situation is in the UK.
- CM30 8y agoApparently it's struggling over here as well: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43106436 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43106436 That said, I suspect there's more chance of local newspapers surviving in the UK than the US, if only because we tend to like tradition more over here and because local papers in many UK towns are well... locally owned. For instance, the main one in my town is (as far as I can tell) run by the community, written by regular people there and funded by ads almost entirely placed by local businesses. So there's less chance of a bean counter closing it down because the company's bottom line is at risk. Overall though, they're also not doing so hot overall.
- chrisseaton 8y agoDo many local stories appear on the news wires?
- shanecleveland 8y agoNo. The point being made is that many smaller papers, which are mostly owned by large publishers, have some original, local content with the rest being non-local wire stories.
- ghaff 8y agoMy town had a local newspaper for a while which went away. Now I have basically no source of information about local planning, zoning, etc. board meetings. I suppose I could more regularly attend town meetings and so forth but that often isn't really an option.
- ianmcgowan 8y agonextdoor.com? Though mine seems to be filled with people complaining about things, and lost dogs...
- qubax 8y agoYour town/municipality doesn't have a website with all that info? Granted, most town websites are horrid to navigate, but the information should be there.