Article in The Guardian by Cy Neff, 8/22/25

Headline:   “Seven Wyoming newspapers were about to be shut. They were given a second life”

Subhead:  “A group of news execs stepped in to buy them, but across the US, 3,200 local news outlets have shuttered since 2005”

“Eight small towns across the vast rural state were reeling from the gut punch of the abrupt closures of their newspapers just a week earlier. Staff had woken up to an email from News Media Corporation (NMC) announcing the immediate closures of the printing presses. . .”

“The scene was not unique. According to the Local News Initiative, 3,200 local news outlets have vanished across the US since 2005. An estimated 55 million Americans do not have access to a local news source. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/wyoming-newspapers-nmc-bought