March 12th, 2009 
joel The New York Times today had another article on the worrisome state of metropolitan newspapers, with the gist of the article stating that it is just a matter of time that an American city will have to exist without a newspaper.
Accompanying the article is a map that indicates that that American city will not be Erie. In fact, this graphic is showing that the Erie Times-News has lost circulation between 2005 and 2008, but only at a single-digit rate. That is compared to, for example, the Boston Globe, which has lost over 20% of its circulation. Nearly every daily newspaper over 50,000 copies a day has lost sales the past three years, but there are exceptions. The closest to us would be the Cincinnati Enquirer.
It’s a tough road for friends in print.
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I’m dedicating this weeks open comment forum to The Balloon Boy, who while hanging out in a corrugated cardboard box in the garage attic of his suburban Denver home, sent the entire domestic news media complex into total hysteria.
Of course, even as we can ridicule the 24-hour cable channels for their lack of skepticism and journalistic depth during the developing story, they were in a no-win situation, as they couldn’t afford to not cover it.
We look under rocks here on Deep Background as a place to sound off or share the latest scoop in our media surroundings here in Erie. If you wish to private message me, send an e-mail to joel@nataliemedia.com or tweet @pressandtower.
Embrace the chaos!