FORT WORTH – The Fort Value Star-Telegram has been a fixture within the media panorama of North Texas for over 118 years, touchdown every morning on subscriber’s doorstep to organize them for the day forward.
That may quickly be a factor of the previous.
On Friday, President and Editor of the Star-Telegram Steve Coffman introduced that the paper is lowering print publication to 3 days every week, beginning on October 7, 2024.
Subscribers will obtain Wednesday, Friday and Sunday editions of the newspaper, however they are going to be delivered by means of the U.S. mail.
Coffman stated the choice to alter the print schedule is because of a shift in reader and promoting habits.
“We now not have the economies of scale that supported the printing and provider supply of a paper six days every week,” stated Coffman.
The article within the Star-Telegram calls the transfer an necessary milestone because the newspaper continues a transition towards being a totally sustainable, absolutely digital native information group.
“This modification doesn’t imply our newsroom is scaling again its journalism. We’ll nonetheless be reporting the information all day, day by day, on our net and cell websites, the place we have already got thousands and thousands of readers in North Texas,” Coffman added.
The Star-Telegram’s customer support staff will probably be reaching out to present subscribers within the coming days to debate the following steps within the transition. They will also be reached at 1-800-776-7827.
Coffman says in preparation for the transfer, “we’ve made enhancements to our on-line merchandise. We have refreshed our homepage. We launched the Version, a brand new curated studying expertise with far later deadlines – and much more content material – than the print version. And the Star-Telegram’s cell app makes it simpler than ever to observe the information in your smartphone. If you happen to’re a die-hard print reader, I encourage you to start exploring what we provide on-line. You will discover a lot greater than what you see in print, and it is going to be extra well timed. And you may nonetheless discover issues like comics and printable puzzles, too.”
