AskPippa🇨🇦<p>This hedge-fund company is buying up US <a href="https://c.im/tags/newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newspapers</span></a>, and killing them. They own the Chicago <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tribune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tribune</span></a>, Baltimore Sun, San Jose Mercury News, <a href="https://c.im/tags/DenverPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DenverPost</span></a>, San Diego Union-Tribune, various local papers and more. Their days are numbered.<br>This is a big deal. <br>Without big news outlets, who covers a wide variety of beats (with <a href="https://c.im/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> who are specialized in those areas), does investigative reporting, uncover then publicize shady activities, and have a pulse on local shenanigans, and monitor <a href="https://c.im/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>? <br>Smaller, independent papers can't do it -- while they may do a good job, they are generally focused on only 1 or 2 areas. <br>This article gives a stunning look at what's happening. If you feel the quality of journalism has gone down, things like this is why.</p><p>Find ways to support the surviving papers.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/newsie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newsie</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/11/this-is-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-san-diego-union-tribune/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">niemanlab.org/2023/11/this-is-</span><span class="invisible">the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-san-diego-union-tribune/</span></a></p>