Bad Day for Newspapers

I know there are few fans of The Sun here in Republican Harford County, but the bankruptcy of The Sun's parent company is bad news for everyone.
Newspapers, at their best, focus on their communities. The death knell for many of the larger metropolitan newspapers occurred when other businesses decided they could make tons of money by purchasing newspapers. (Believe us we know this firsthand, after working at The Kansas City Star when it was purchased by Disney.) The owners lost any ties to the community they covered, sometimes bringing in editors who didn't know the area and coming up with ideas that would make them tons of money (see zoned editions). When these behemoths started losing money they cut the editorial staff and focused resources elsewhere (handing out free content on the Internet). Reporting suffered and the readers found fewer bylines and limited coverage.
Many say print is already dead and most people get their news from the Internet. But where is that content coming from? Many of the bloggers just steal the content without attribution and then put their spin on it. And for those of you who say reporters are all biased we would strongly disagree. Some reporters definitely are, but others try very hard to cover all sides, but more importantly, uncover the truth.
When we're all reading content from Reuters online or help us CNN, which is starting its own news service, we here at TAA will be mourning a local newspaper.
Here is The Sun story about the bankruptcy.
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