Brandon weekly ceases operations
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The Westman Journal has been shuttered.
An independent weekly newspaper founded in 2002, the company was purchased in 2004 by Glacier Media, which has owned the publication ever since.
In a brief written statement posted to its website, the Westman Journal (once known as the Wheat City Journal) noted that while it has enjoyed reader support, its “business model relies entirely on advertising. General business decline has made it impossible to justify keeping the operation open.”
It went on to cite the reach of massive U.S.-based companies like Google and Facebook in netting the majority of digital advertising revenue.
“It is disappointing that these huge non-Canadian companies, which invest nothing whatsoever in local journalism, make it impossible for us to maintain our local news source even in a digital form.”
Thanking its readers and customers for support over the past 17 years, it closed the statement by urging “Brandonites and others to think local when it comes to their media and marketing choices in the future.”
In other small-town paper news, the Warroad Pioneer, a 120-year-old weekly paper serving the 1,800 residents of Warroad, Minn., will cease publication on May 7, its publisher announced last week.
And the Crookston (Minn.) Times, which has been published since 1885, will transition from a Monday-through-Friday printed product to a twice-weekly publication starting on May 6.
— Brandon Sun