Headline “Defying Crisis in Local News, The Star Tribune Expands’

Sub-Head “The newspaper in Minneapolis is expanding its statewide coverage and changing its name to The Minnesota Star Tribune.”

Article in The New York Times by Katie Robertson, 8/18/24

“The expansion is a rare big bet in the newspaper industry. Local newspapers have been shrinking across the country in recent years. A 2023 report from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern found that almost 2,900 newspapers had shut down since 2005.

“But The Star Tribune has remained a bright spot: It hasn’t made major layoffs in recent years, and its newsroom has remained around 225 people for years.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/business/media/star-tribune-minnesota.html?searchResultPosition=5