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    April 17, 2020
    U.S. newspapers have shed half of their newsroom employees since 2008

    Newsroom employment at U.S. newspapers dropped by 51% between 2008 and 2019

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    Newsroom employment at U.S. newspapers dropped by 51% between 2008 and 2019
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    U.S. newspapers have shed half of their newsroom employees since 2008
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    Newspaper industry made up about six-in-ten news employees in 2008 but fewer than half by 2017
    Newspaper newsroom employees declined by 45% between 2008 and 2017
    Newsroom employment declined 23% between 2008 and 2017
    Newspapers employed 62% of U.S. newsroom employees in 2008, but fewer than half a decade later
    Newsroom employment in the United States declined 25% between 2008 and 2018
    The number of newsroom employees at U.S. newspapers declined by 47% between 2008 and 2018
    Newspapers employed six-in-ten U.S. newsroom employees in 2008, but just four-in-ten in 2019
    Newsroom employment at U.S. newspapers dropped by 51% between 2008 and 2019
    Newsroom employment in the United States declined 23% between 2008 and 2019
    Newsroom employees by news industry, 2008 to 2019

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