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"News deserts": 1,800 US newspapers have closed since 2004
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1,800 US newspapers have closed since 2004
Half of the 3,143 counties in the United States now have only one newspaper, usually a small weekly, and almost 200 counties in the country have no newspaper at all.
"The people with the least access to local news are often the most vulnerable -- the poorest, least educated and most isolated," the report said.
More than half of all newspapers have changed ownership in the past decade, and the largest 25 chains own a third of all newspapers.
"The consolidation in the industry places decisions about the future of individual papers, as well as the communities where they are located, into the hands of owners with no direct stake in the outcome."
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The business implosion has left practically 50% of the regions in America (1,449) with just a single newspaper, which is weekly. As of the latest tally, 171 regions don't have a paper by any stretch of the imagination.
A report from University of North Carolina sounds an alarm and It should not be taken as surprise if we talk about the news paper crisis is on the rise and it has constantly been growing for over a long period of time 2 in every 5 local newspaper have put down the lid since 2004. Rural counties have prominently effected by this surge