Yep, newspaper after newspaper across the country has seen circulation drop, ad revenue drop, and layoffs continuing.
The papers just can’t compete nowadays. The anecdotal evidence years ago was that the coming of TV and TV news helped kill off afternoon newspapers in most cities. And the evidence today is that the internet and cable news channels 24/7 is killing off the concept of a printed newspaper.
There continue to be rumors that some major daily newspaper will go to a web only format sometime in the next few years. That would be a big milestone if some papers decide not to even print a printed paper. It’s a huge expense to print and distribute newspapers every day. And perhaps a needless one nowadays when so many of their customers will simply read the paper on the web.
This is a foregone proposition. The Tribune Company (Baltimore Sun, LA Times, etc) will likely be bankrupt within the next year. McClatchy (SacBee, Miami Herald, etc) won't be far behind. Revenues from online won't be near enough to support the payroll they have now. It's like the Pony Express trying to compete with the telegraph.