Local news is being hurt most of all. Statehouse reporters are down across the country according to PEW.

==Those papers lost a total of 164 full-time statehouse reporters—a decline of 35%—between 2003 and 2014.==

https://www.journalism.org/2014/07/10/americas-shifting-stat...

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> I would hope this means we end up with more LOCAL news

Large and mid-sized news companies consolidating and folding is part of a trend that does not involve growth of local newspapers. Those are failing too.