Newspaper-Less Future Nears in Some Cities

Closings presage a future without the local paper
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 12, 2009 12:14 PM CDT
Newspaper-Less Future Nears in Some Cities
A man leaves the offices of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 9, 2009.   (AP Photo)

With the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to print a final edition next week, it’s set to follow the path of Denver’s Rocky Mountain News, which closed two weeks ago, the New York Times reports; the Tucson Citizen will also likely close next week. A rival newspaper will remain in each of those cities, but as papers continue to lose money, a future where a major American city lacks a prominent local paper looks imminent. (More newspaper stories.)

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