Coronavirus shows we need local papers – but it could kill them off | Jane Martinson

As City AM suspends publication, regional print media are coming under increasing pressurePlayboy, the glossy magazine relic of the pre-#MeToo era as well as the occasional publisher of Margaret Atwood, among others, would seem to have little in common with City AM, the business-led freesheet for London commuters. Yet, just as the whole world is now tackling coronavirus, both titles have suddenly found themselves at the forefront of print media’s own battle against the pandemic.From this week, both titles will halt their print editions and go online only. A print industry facing structural challenges for decades as its audience and advertising revenues moved online, now faces the consequences of a brutal pandemic raging through populations and economies. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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