A Sad Week For Newspapers

By Buddy Nevins, BrowardBeat.com, for SouthFloridaReporter.com, Sept. 17, 2015 – It is a very bad week for newspaper journalism.

The Miami Herald, once was one of the nation’s great newspapers, appears to have cut its news hole and disguised it as a reader-friendly redesign.

The Daily News in New York, once the biggest newspaper in the nation, entered what looks like its final death spiral by decimating its news staff.

The sudden layoffs in New York demolished the heart of the tabloid, its well-read sports section. Fired were many of the sports heavyweights including the nationally known columnist Mike Lupica.

What’s a New York tabloid without sports?