Dead-Tree Media Suffers Another Setback: Kansas City Star Next?!?

Sadly, there just really isn't a future in printing old news on sheets of paper in this era of digital AI. 

Accordingly . . . Another newspaper ending its print run begs the question: 

IS THE KANSAS CITY STAR NEXT TO STOP PRINTING THEIR PAPER THAT NOBODY READS?!?

It's hard to justify the waste of resources shipped in from Iowa  . . Especially when the newspaper releases features that it could have saved for print readers . . . In fact, most of their their pay-walled website is distributed by Yahoo news for free . . .

Seriously, watching a stack full of papers linger at QT for most of the week and then thrown out with the week-old pastries is kinda sad.  

Accordingly . . .

Here's another peek at the end of an era for newsprint . . .  

 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution announced on Thursday that it will print its final physical newspaper edition on December 31, making it the latest storied newspaper to discontinue offering its news in print.

The changeup means the AJC will be a digital-only publication starting January 1, 2026. The AJC said the transition is intended to transform the paper into a “modern media company,” as well as free up money to invest in its journalism. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

CNN: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will stop printing newspapers on December 31