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Local newspaper closures have surged to more than three a week
<p>Local journalism has been in decline for decades. But 2026 was an especially bad year as both the rate of newspaper closures and the number of new news deserts spiked, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/local-newspaper-closures-news-deserts-2026/">Local newspaper closures have surged to more than three a week</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.poynter.org">Poynter</a>.</p>
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Local journalism has been in decline for decades. But 2026 was an especially bad year as both the rate of newspaper closures and the number of new news deserts spiked, […]
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