Demise of Local Newspapers Demands Local TV Begin Planning Today

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LEAW00D, Kan-The sad headline of a story on the Mediaite.com website in May should shock few in the media industry. It read: "NY Times Editor Dean Baquet Predicts Doom For Local Newspapers: Most Will 'Die' in Next Five Years." The article, by Caleb Ecarma, recounts Baquet's comments at the INMA World Congress News Media. "The greatest crisis in American journalism is the death of local news," the article reported Baquet as saying. "I don't know what the answer is. Their economic model is gone." 5G video distribution? Moreover, given the current political scrutiny around the company (and the U.S. barriers to distribution here), would any 5G TV devices actually be allowed to go to market in the U.S. and other Western countries?