Romenesko

Romenesko Letters
That was "before big ambitions, big budgets, and a big decline in competition made us all fat and happy," writes David Sullivan. He points out that the typical big-city paper from the 1960s had two sections. "Business coverage was anemic, certainly, consisting of some stock reports, a couple of AP stories, and maybe a local business newsmakers column." That's not to say that a lot of what's happening today with newspaper's isn't unfortunate, he says. "It is. But it's not unprecedented or fatal."