Death by a thousand newspaper cuts
By Dave
July 8th, 2008 | Leave a comment
Another newspaper is cutting back on its book review section readership, advertising and news hole continue to shrink; this time it’s the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In Critical Mass, the blog of the national book critic circle board of directors, Plain Dealer book editor Karen Long lamented the 25 percent cut in space alloted for books and book reviews.
“For three years, it’s been my joy to help unleash your opinions upon the world, or at least the corner of it in northeast Ohio,” she wrote. “Starting this Sunday, July 6, that joy is reduced by 25 percent. The pages are being cut to one and one-half. Nobody following the news biz can pretend to be surprised, but all of us can be sad, just the same.”
One could argue whether Web entities are the cause or effect of continuing cuts at newspapers (probably both), but the growing influence of information sources that start with “http” also places greater responsibility on those sites.
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