Newspaper newsroom jobs dropped by 10.4 percent in 2014, the first double-digit decline since the Great Recession

You might have heard: Mid-sized publishers are challenged to compete against publishers with massive audiences, both in terms of advertising partnerships and readership

But did you know: According to the American Society of News Editors’ annual census, newsrooms lost 3,800 jobs between 2013 and 2014. The drop of 10.4 percent is the first double-digit decline since the Great Recession seven years ago, Ken Doctor says. ASNE’s data shows there are 32,900 full-time journalists working at 1,400 U.S. daily newspapers. Doctor writes: “(The) data also tells us that the trend of the last decade — that it’s best to be either very big or very small — is picking up still more momentum.”

+ “The Midsize Newspaper Is Toast”: Justin Fox writes that while we’ve seen smaller newspapers leaving markets where there’s a dominant paper, the end may be near for the dominant newspapers as well (Bloomberg View)

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