Fri, Mar 7, 2008 The California Report Magazine The Dying Newspaper Listen to segment (RealMedia stream) If you work in the newsroom at the San Jose Mercury News, you were instructed by management to wait at home this morning. If you didn't get a call telling you that you'd lost your job, you could then come to work. Newspapers across California have suffered similar losses this week -- The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Daily News and the Long Beach Press Telegram are among them. We look at how the economic downturn, lost ad revenue and the Internet are changing the news business. Reporters: Rob Schmitz « back to week of March 7, 2008 Email this page to a friend *Your name:  *Your email address:  *Friend's email address:  Additional Message:  (optional)  * Indicates required field. Names and email addresses are not collected by KQED.org. For more information, please see our privacy policy.

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