The disclosure that Stuff is to drastically reduce its regional newspaper local reporting staff came as a shock, but I fear that worse is to come for this sector of the media.

Our regional newspapers are following a path which, for counterparts in Australia, Britain and North America, has quite literally led to nowhere.

The pattern established here by both Stuff and NZME – staff cuts, shared content, reduced frequency, and closures – has a familiar ring to anyone in the regional media in other English-speaking countries.

But first, let’s recap on what emerged last week. Continue reading “Time to heed warning signs on regional press” →