Some 136 newspapers in the United States have closed in the past year, news deserts are expanding and web traffic to the nation's top newspapers has dropped markedly this decade, according to a report ...

Newspapers owned by small, independent groups — often families or businesses invested in their local communities — are shuttering at an alarming pace compared to those owned by large investment ...

The new documentary Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink looks at how hedge funds have gutted newsrooms across the country. The hedge fund strategy of “distressed asset investing” ...

Citations: Sinkinson, Michael, Jesse Shapiro, Matthew Gentzkow, Nathan Petek. 2015. Do newspapers serve the state? Incumbent party influence on the US press, 1869-1928. Journal of the European ...