Alan Mutter's Reflection of a Newsosaur is one of the most sound examinations of the challenges newspapers face, and his latest post states some of the obvious: Retail problems will create more misery for U.S. newspapers already under siege.
Mutter expects retailers to prune advertising, thus accelerating some of the financial difficulties for papers already experiencing advertising declines in classified and a shift to the digital media.
Store closures will hasten these declines, he predicts.
