---
title: "Newspapers: Stabilizing, but Still Threatened"
description: "If the newspaper industry had theme music in 2013, it might use “Been down so long it looks like up to me,” the much-recycled line from a 1920s blues song. For the first time since the deep recession that began in 2007, newspaper organizations have grounds for a modicum of optimism."
date: "2013-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2013/03/19/newspapers-stabilizing-but-still-threatened/"
categories:
  - "Media Industry"
  - "Newspapers"
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# Newspapers: Stabilizing, but Still Threatened