Note: Includes newspapers, public broadcasting outlets, ethnic media outlets and digital sites that cover local news; Map: Simran Parwani/Axios The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third of the newspapers it had as of 2005 by the end of next year — rather than in 2025, as originally predicted. One-third of U.S. newspapers as of 2005 will be gone by 2024 (msn.com) Unfortunate but also predicted – many no longer deliver value. It’s not really an “investment problem” as presented in the story above. A big issue is their business model no longer works. The news activists now raise the call of “news deserts”, and turn to non-profit funding, and proposals for tax subsidies claiming that for profit news is necessary to fight disinformation (much of which comes from the pro news sites).