Stars and Stripes Boots Up for Battle

By: Hadas Gold | Politico

It’s hard enough for any newspaper to succeed in an era of soaring costs, fierce digital competition, and declining circulation – now throw in Pentagon cuts and Washington dysfunction and watch the drama unfold.

The iconic military paper Stars and Stripes not only faces the same problems as the rest of the print media, but it’s also gripped with a drawdown of troops and automatic defense cuts that are making business that much harder.