Supply-chain crunch slows newsprint deliveries, jangles rural newspaper publishers’ nerves

Posted Wednesday, March 9, 2022 11:25 am

Buck Ryan | University of Kentucky | The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues

A shortage of truckers and blockade bottlenecks have put a crimp on newsprint deliveries to the nation’s newspapers.

Those delays, combined with fears of a newsprint shortage, have raised publishers’ anxiety and put a premium on delivery schedule planning.

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