Monday, April 13, 2009

By the numbers: Newspaper competition in cities

Number of U.S. municipalities with competing daily newspapers.
  • 1909: 689
  • 2009: 14
[Source: "Do newspapers matter? Evidence from the closure of The Cincinnati Post," Princeton University, March 2009]

1 comment:

  1. need to set this up as a running comparison to 2008. Already down 2.

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