Changes are coming to the News- Democrat & Leader, changes designed to put the newspaper on a more secure financial footing. But more about that later. First, let me tell you about what's happening.
Beginning next week, the News-Democrat & Leader will be published one day a week instead of two. That day will be Thursdays. Subscribers will continue to get their papers in the mail and they will be available as usual on newsstands and in stores. There will be no changes in content or staffing. In making this change, the News-Democrat & Leader is late to a trend that began in the early 2000s, picked up during the financial crisis of 2008 and then again when COVID-19 hit in 2020.