The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third of the newspapers it had as of 2005 by the end of this year — rather than in 2025, as originally predicted. https://t.co/go1I4jbwEM

— Axios (@axios) January 1, 2024

Best thread of the new year: https://t.co/NVSl9L4qjw

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 1, 2024

With George Santos expelled a reminder that it was The North Shore Leader, a local, small paper on Long Island, that broke the story of his fraud before election. This is why local media is crucial and must be supported and not ignored

— Olga Lautman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) December 1, 2023

The disappearance of local news media is accelerating. Roughly 6,000 newspapers are left in America, down from 8,891 in 2005, according to a report from ⁦@MedillSchool⁩ ⁦@sarafischer⁩ https://t.co/jhASnPangg

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) November 17, 2023

New: Local Newspapers Are Vanishing. How Should We Remember Them? https://t.co/4MUFZJKAQ4

— ProPublica (@propublica) October 14, 2023

Maybe, as a competitor, I should be smiling about the demise of ⁦@NYTSports⁩. Instead, I’m sad.

Some navel-gazing about sports journalism then, now and in the future. https://t.co/whht6H98AE

— Barry Svrluga (@barrysvrluga) September 16, 2023

"A nonpartisan group of 22 foundations today announced the launch of Press Forward, a nationwide coalition committing more than $500 million over five years to help reinvigorate local news in America." @JimFriedlich explains it all here >>> https://t.co/YenRyzChBg

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 7, 2023

Read every word of this and then go save yourself some money by supporting local journalism. https://t.co/E970yjEc1i pic.twitter.com/UdPtrOG9SW

— Robert Downen (@RobertDownen_) August 9, 2023

"Newsrooms that used to have…70 people in them now have maybe 2 reporters," says @joannelipman on the declining number of newspapers in the U.S. "There are local newspapers with 0…news reporters in them." pic.twitter.com/m9bvKQCsdI

— Last Call (@LastCallCNBC) July 26, 2023

The Santa Barbara News-Press is no more. After 150 years of news gathering, the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper posted its last online edition a month after ceasing print publication and going all digital. ⁦@ConnorASheets⁩ ⁦@RaineyTime⁩ https://t.co/lx7cA7URcx

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 25, 2023

Really distressing. The way talent doesn’t matter, or even is seen as a liability. Over and over. https://t.co/g3QD6i0KY9

— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) July 17, 2023

The Los Angeles Times announced it is cutting 74 positions across its newsroom, becoming the latest media company to take a knife to its budget amid declining ad sales and audience numbers. The eliminated positions represent 13 percent of the newsroom. https://t.co/AkeVdoGjYf

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 7, 2023

On Sundays I sometimes feel a twinge of nostalgia for newspapers.

Here are the 20 largest U.S. newspaper print circulations, 2010 vs 2023. All 20 of today’s largest combined sell fewer than the single largest sold then. The 20th largest then would now be the 3rd largest. pic.twitter.com/5F2sVQMA2g

— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) April 14, 2024