Newhouse Now An Old House

AP reports that “Newhouse News Service, a supplemental wire service founded in 1961, will close on Nov. 7, after the election.”

    “The decision to close followed the direction of our clients, the editors of our papers,” said Linda Fibich, editor and Washington bureau chief. “They felt they could not afford to pay for a central Washington bureau at a time when they were steering all available resources to local coverage back at home.”

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