Local newspapers are going out of business across the world — but when Illinois-based News Media Corporation closed last week, shuttering dozens of publications across the midwest, some communities fought back. WyoFile reports on the Wyoming towns where journalists are continuing to report as they seek backing to keep their papers alive, while their community members and neighbors raise money to ensure they keep getting paid. "We’ve got big city issues in small towns. So this is really very tragic timing,” says Marie Hamilton, managing editor of the Platte County Record-Times.

WyoFile

Wyoming newspaper owners, staffers race to rescue community news - WyoFile

A deal is in the works to keep news online and in print in Wheatland, Torrington and Lusk as communities chip in to support newsroom staff fired wi...

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Techdirt

Take Back Our Digital Infrastructure To Save Democracy

Watch the tech oligarchs who lined up behind Donald Trump at his inauguration, and you’ll see the most important story of our time: the fasci...

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