FORT WORTH – The Fort Price 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 arrange them for the day forward.
That can 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 via the U.S. mail.
Coffman stated the choice to vary the print schedule is because of a shift in reader and promoting habits.
“We 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 vital milestone because the newspaper continues a transition towards being a completely sustainable, absolutely digital native information group.
“This alteration doesn’t imply our newsroom is scaling again its journalism. We’ll nonetheless be reporting the information all day, daily, on our internet 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 workforce will likely be reaching out to present subscribers within the coming days to debate the following steps within the transition. They can be reached at 1-800-776-7827.
Coffman says in preparation for the transfer, “we now have 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. When you’re a die-hard print reader, I encourage you to start exploring what we provide on-line. You may discover a lot greater than what you see in print, and will probably be extra well timed. And you will nonetheless discover issues like comics and printable puzzles, too.”
