Changes

The Seattle ''Post-Intelligencer'' in March 2009 became the largest American paper to drop its print edition and become an Internet-only publication. It cut  its news staff from 165 journalists to only 20. A part of the Hearst chain, the P-I had a print circulation of 118,000 a day but lost $14 million in 2008 and no one wanted to buy it. Seattle still has a daily print paper, the ''Seattle Times,'' but it too is in deep financial trouble. <ref>"Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely to the Web," [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/business/media/17paper.html?_r=1&hp ''New York Times Mar. 16, 2009]</ref>  ''USA Today'', which distributes half its papers through hotels and does not depend on advertising, is cutting back as circulation fell from 2.3 to 2.2 million copies a day.

The Seattle ''Post-Intelligencer'' in March 2009 became the largest American paper to drop its print edition and become an Internet-only publication. It cut  its news staff from 165 journalists to only 20. A part of the Hearst chain, the P-I had a print circulation of 118,000 a day but lost $14 million in 2008 and no one wanted to buy it. Seattle still has a daily print paper, the ''Seattle Times,'' but it too is in deep financial trouble. <ref>"Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely to the Web," [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/business/media/17paper.html?_r=1&hp ''New York Times Mar. 16, 2009]</ref>  ''USA Today'', which distributes half its papers through hotels and does not depend on advertising, is cutting back as circulation fell from 2.3 to 2.2 million copies a day.

Papers that contuinue in operation have lost revenue and been forced to cut staff in all departments. The ''New York Times'' news department peaked at more than 1,330 employees in 2008; by late 2009 it was down to 1,250 and planning to cut more jobs; no other American newspaper has more than about 750.

Papers that continue in operation have lost revenue and been forced to cut staff in all departments. The ''New York Times'' news department peaked at more than 1,330 employees in 2008; by late 2009 it was down to 1,250 and planning to cut more jobs; no other American newspaper has more than about 750.

Some metropolitan papers have fewer than half as many people in their newsrooms as they did a few years ago. The ''Los Angeles Times'' by late 2009 dropped to about 600 news employees, from more than 1,200; The ''Washington Post'' to about 700, from more than 900; and ''The Boston Globe'', to 300, from well over 500.

Some metropolitan papers have fewer than half as many people in their newsrooms as they did a few years ago. The ''Los Angeles Times'' by late 2009 dropped to about 600 news employees, from more than 1,200; The ''Washington Post'' to about 700, from more than 900; and ''The Boston Globe'', to 300, from well over 500.