Statement of purpose

I've long felt that the end for daily newspapers would come quickly, when it arrived. While readership has been in a steady decline, the key factor for newspapers was the attitude of advertisers.

The current economic crisis may be a recession, or a depression, but for newspapers it's a distinction without a difference. The real estate, auto and department store ads are not coming back and American daily newspapers are facing their moment of truth.

Some may survive, many will not.

This blog aims to document the final days of American daily newspaper journalism in 2009.