Spokane Newspaper Monopoly Consolidates
A brutal newspaper war ends as the Morning Spokesman is absorbed by the Morning Review, leaving 50 people out of work.
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The Morning Spokesman, one of Spokane's two morning dailies, suspended publication today, having been absorbed by the Morning Review. The last issue of the Spokesman gives a brief history of its career since it was established three years ago, stating that it had found there is no room in Spokane for two large morning dailies. The two papers have sunk $200,000 in cash in the last two years for running expenses alone. The suspension of the Spokesman throws all its printers, reporters, and staff—about fifty men in all—out of employment.
“It had found there is no room in Spokane for two large morning dailies.”
The consolidation of local media is a perennial issue. This 1893 report captures the harsh economic reality of media markets that mirrors the current era of newsroom closures and consolidation.
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