Newhouse Newspapers announced that it would end daily distribution of the Syracuse, N.Y.,
Post-Standard
and the Harrisburg, Pa.,
Patriot-News.
Both papers will merge their content with local news websites and deliver printed newspapers only three days a week, the
New York Times’
Media Decoder blog reported.
Earlier this year, Newhouse announced that it would stop printing a daily edition of the
New Orleans Times-Picayune
and at its Alabama newspapers.
Patriot-News
reporter Sara Ganim won a Pulitzer Prize this year for her coverage of the Jerry Sandusky child-abuse scandal at Pennsylvania State University.
The
Post-Standard
will publish on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays starting in January. The Syracuse Media Group, which will oversee the newspaper, is considering whether to publish a newspaper, but not deliver it, on the other four days.
Also starting in January, the
Patriot-News
will publish on Sundays and two other days that have yet to be determined, according to the
New York Times
report. (Source: Media Decoder,
New York Times,
Aug. 28, 2012.)
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