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UPDATED: More Signs That Detroit Papers (as Rumored) Likely to Cut Back Home Delivery -- 'Anxiety' Grows
By E&P Staff and The Associated Press
Published: December 12, 2008 3:30 PM ET updated 8:00 PM
NEW YORK E&P reported earlier this week that one or both of the Detroit dailies might well announce next Tuesday a halt to home delivery on one or more days of the week. This afternoon, Russell Adams at the Wall Street Journal online wrote that the publisher of the Detroit Free Press, "is expected to announce next week that it will cease home delivery of the print edition of the newspaper on most days of the week, according to a person familiar with the company's thinking (see AP update below).
"The publisher hasn't made a final decision, said this person, but the leading scenario set to be unveiled Tuesday would call for the Free Press and its partner paper, the Detroit News, to end home delivery on all but the most lucrative days—Thursday, Friday and Sunday. On the other days, the publisher would sell single copies of an abbreviated print edition at newsstands and direct readers to the papers' expanded digital editions."
The Free Press, owned by Gannett Co., and the News, owned by MediaNews Group, form the JOA known as the Detroit Media Partnership LP. They have been hard hit by the plunging Michigan economy, and now an auto bailout seems doubtful.
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