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The forces at play in a fight for local news

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ trend report on how the local news landscape is changing

The continued disappearance of local news in the United States is an ongoing issue for publishers and consumers alike. Whilst at first glance it would be easy to attribute local newspaper closures to the decline of print media in general, the situation is rather more complex than that. Acquisitions of small papers by investors like hedge fund Alden Global Capital have heavily impacted the number of papers still in publication and reduced consumers' access to news covering their local area. In fact, Alden is now the second largest owner of newspapers in the United States.

This report explores the impact of the loss of local news, including the spread of news deserts and the effect of limited coverage in underrepresented areas. Further, the report draws attention to the companies intervening in a bid to regrow this struggling arm of the news industry.

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Table of contents

Changes to the news ownership landscape

  • A glance at employment
  • Closures and ownership changes

Creeping news drought
  • The impact of hedge fund ownership
  • Consumer trust
  • News deserts

Regreening the local news landscape
  • The new regional newspaper barons
  • Profile: Paxton and Ogden
  • CherryRoad Media

The future – what happens next?

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