By: Alan D. Mutter | Reflections of a Newsosaur
On March 4, 1978, the presses fell silent for the last time at the
Chicago Daily News, an iconic and crusading newspaper that was unable to adapt to changing times. The following article, which originally appeared here in 2005, is reprinted as a reminder of what happens when a paper runs out of readers, revenues and ideas.
"It's fun being the publisher when things are going well," squeaked the young man who stumbled awkwardly to the top of a battered desk in the unusually silent newsroom of the
Chicago Daily News. "But it's no fun today."
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