More and more Californians are getting their news on the Internet, which means they're getting for free what it costs newspapers a lot of money to gather and publish. In the last six months, the Los Angeles Times lost 11% of its daily circulation, the Daily News was down 26%, the Orange County Register was off 10% and the Riverside Press-Enterprise 24%. The San Francisco Chronicle was down more than 25%, but claims revenue is going up.
The Future of Newspapers in California
Credits
Guests:
- James Rainey - Variety - @raineytime
- Steve O'Sullivan - former Business Executive, Los Angeles Newspaper Group
- Felix Gutierrez - Professor of Journalism, University of Southern California