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Local newspaper closures have surged to more than three a week

Poynter · Angela Fu · last updated October 13, 2026 – 6:06 AM
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Local journalism has been in decline for decades. But 2026 was an especially bad year as both the rate of newspaper closures and the number of new news deserts spiked, […]

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