David Megginson on Nostr: npub1nzg0c…m9ydp npub19fcv2…aay3c Yes, and they started dying in the 1980s with ...

npub1nzg0c5jk202smy4g3w8h0sdxvae683ckywzn4jrh86y4sq3dylhqpm9ydp (npub1nzg…9ydp) npub19fcv2nflra09c6p9xz8c8detwj6uy07u4z4m25qh836mnvxtatdq6aay3c (npub19fc…ay3c) Yes, and they started dying in the 1980s with the big chains (like Knight Ridder in the U.S. and Southam in Canada) buying up local papers, laying off most of the staff, and filling them all with the same wire copy. Most of the damage was done before the web came along.