Facebook's local news project frustrated – by lack of local newspapers
by Associated Press in New York from Technology | The Guardian on (#4B9YG)
About 1,800 newspapers have closed in the US in the last 15 years, partly as a result of internet-based companies like Facebook
Facebook's effort to establish a service that provides users with local news and information is being hindered by the lack of outlets where the company's technicians can find original reporting.
Some 1,800 newspapers have closed in the US over the last 15 years, according to the University of North Carolina. Newsroom employment has declined by 45% as the industry struggles with a broken business model partly caused by the success of companies on the internet - including Facebook.
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