Talent costs money. Money most can't afford to pay. Back when papers actually had money, those at the top weren't paid well to begin with. The major paper in t

Talent costs money. Money most can't afford to pay. Back when papers actually had money, those at the top weren't paid well to begin with. The major paper in the state I used to live in went completely out of business and had their building repossessed. It was resurrected some time later and is now 8 pages long. Most of that is AP news and cartoons and crossword. Last I looked, there was barely 2 pages of news including the AP articles. Their pay is so low, one would make more money working at the supermarket as a cashier.