Black and white and thinner all over

The amazing shrinking newspaper.

The Tribune newspapers are moving to a 44-inch web which translates to an 11-inch broadsheet page. 11 inches.

The Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times are soon to be less than a foot-wide.

The industry norm lately has been 12 inches, down from an industry standard of 13.5 inches until just a few years ago.

So, 13.5 minues 11 inches. 1.5 inches along the length of 21 inches. That's losing a solid story on every page.

How much of that loss comes from the business sections? How many business sections have lost a day a week or even two? Is your work going online anyway or are you being asked to write less?