A few have gone online-only.ĭetroit is trying a hybrid: keeping daily publication, but cutting back on its commitment to serve homes every day. Other newspapers in Maryland, Michigan, Oregon, Tennessee and Wisconsin are on the verge of similar reductions in frequency. The Christian Science Monitor printed its final daily edition last week. More than 80 newspapers in the country, in smaller markets, have dropped at least one publication day since last year. Millions of dollars in advertising have eroded over the past year in a city and state being hammered by foreclosures, high unemployment and the near-collapse of the auto industry. The Detroit publishers hope to cut costs significantly, without sacrificing newsroom staff, to survive a recession that has exacerbated losses from ads shifting to the Internet. Slimmed-down newspapers, sold at regular prices, will be available in news racks and convenience stores the other four days. In a bold but risky move aimed at ensuring their survival in the digital age, The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press are reducing home delivery to the three days a week most popular with advertisers - Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Missing from the doorsteps and driveways of many Michigan homes Monday morning: newspapers.
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