Walter Shapiro

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Mirror had a daily circulation of 850,000 and Sunday circulation of 1 million when it died. It was also losing $2 million a year in 1963. Here is Time magazine's obit: https://t.co/rzDDMXhogm — PolitiTweet.org

@MrWalterShapiro I’ll never forget that the day after the Mirror folded, the News went to six cents. Broke my heart.

Posted March 24, 2021

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@GenCounselWolf @JohnRobertAnde3 @ClydeHaberman It was the Chicago American until 1969 when it became Chicago Today. Here's a history of Chicago's papers: https://t.co/2iA0XnC9JG — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 24, 2021

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The eternal harm that newspapers did in the early 2000s by putting their content online without charge continues to haunt us. Even those too young to remember, say, 2003 grew up in a culture where the expectation was that "news is free." — PolitiTweet.org

Yes, executives suck. But I really think more of the blame for the state of journalism has to go on us readers. I’v… https://t.co/RgbtH9TZzR

Posted March 24, 2021