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February 17, 2012
KPLU Local News
KPLU Local News
The Future of the Newspaper Business
(2008-12-03)
(Michigan Radio) - This week we learned that the Battle Creek Enquirer is cutting half of its staff. Fifty people will lose their jobs and the paper is also shutting down its printing press. This news comes in the wake of massive layoffs at Booth Newspapers around the state and layoffs at local papers around the country. Ben Burns is the director of the Journalism Program at Wayne State University, he spoke with Michigan Radio's Charity Nebbe about the future of newspapers. © Copyright 2012, Michigan Radio