I took note of N&R publisher Robin Saul’s heads up that our local paper of record would be shrinking. I kinda forgot about it until I picked my paper up off the sidewalk this morning. It felt like one of the old Ad-Paks I delivered as a kid.
Editor John Robinson spins:
When News & Record president and publisher Robin Saul announced the new size last week, we got this note from a reader:
“Just to let you know, my husband and I are looking forward to the new paper size. We struggle every morning to find room to lay out our section of the paper without invading each other!”
Noticeable changes are in the obituaries and the ed page, which only had one slimmed-down editorial. This is indeed —as Robinson states —- the industry norm.
