One-third of U.S. newspapers as of 2005 will be gone by 2024

This analysis is missing the amalgamation of these news outlets over the same time period.<p>A better statistic would be the number remaining which have NOT been purchased and added to the collection of some larger entity.<p>Without researching it at all, I&#x27;d hypothesize a similar trend to the consolidation of local broadcast outlets by Sinclair:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vice.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;article&#x2F;gymdbq&#x2F;sinclair-broadcasting-media-consolidation-regulations" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vice.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;article&#x2F;gymdbq&#x2F;sinclair-broadcasting...</a><p>If we treat newspapers owned by the same company as a single entity, how many independent voices actually remain? I suspect the result is very different from 2&#x2F;3.

<i>&quot;Of the papers that still survive, a majority (4,790) publish weekly, not daily.&quot;</i><p><i>&quot;A coalition of non-partisan philanthropies plans to commit more than $500 million over the next five years to initiatives that support local journalism.&quot;</i>