In 1978, I had the privilege of working as sports editor/general assignment reporter for the Lamar Democrat.
At that time, Lamar was the smallest community in Missouri to have a daily newspaper. Sadly, that status changed in 1981, when it became a weekly, then with Doug Davis as publisher, it became a twice-weekly in 1983, which it has remained ever since.
A reader tells me that Columbus, Kan., which had been the smallest Kansas community to have a daily newspaper, no longer has that title. The Advocate is now publishing three times a week. At least it is still in business, which in this day and age, is an accomplishment.
Looks like the entire group, which includes the Columbus Advocate, Grove Sun and Miami News Record, are all cutting print days and starting to charge for access to their web pages.
ReplyDeleteIt's disappointing that the small independently owned papers seem to be in the same downward slide as the large chains with debt issues.