Washington Post to close three regional bureaus

[IndianaGreen]

Source: BBC News

Washington Post to close three regional bureaus

Page last updated at 00:04 GMT, Wednesday, 25 November 2009

The Washington Post daily newspaper is to shut its bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.

Executive editor Marcus Brauchli told staff that although the posts of six correspondents in the offices were safe, three news aides had lost jobs.

In a memo, he said the national paper would focus more on political stories and local news coverage in Washington.

Like other US media, the paper has seen a decline in advertising revenue and circulation in recent years.

There has also been a general increase in the numbers of people getting their news online for free.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8377802.stm

[rpannier]

1. Their solution is to become ever more insular and isolated from the rest of America

25 years from now people may be referring to the Washington Post as they do The Herald Examiner or Oakland Tribune

[chill_wind]

2. The Fourth Estates Fortunes Continue to Wane.

"It is the Year 2014. The New York Times has gone offline.
The Fourth Estates Fortunes Continue to Wane.

(...)

"But EPIC is what we wanted."

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I'm at a point now that I'm not sure I would miss either one (NYT OR WAPO) anymore.