Christian Science Monitor to Cease Daily Print Edition
BusinessWeekrepots that the Christian Science Monitor will be ending its 100-year-old daily print newspaper in April, 2009. The newspaper plans to move its focus to the Internet. They will maintain a weekly print edition. The image on the right is a sample of what the weekly print edition will look like.
The Christian Science Monitor, which turns 100 years old this year, is announcing on Tuesday, Oct. 28, that it will cease daily publication next April. The newspaper will shift to a weekly print format while increasing its emphasis on its Web site, says its editor, John Yemma.
In doing so, the Monitor will become by far the most prominent newspaper to scale back its print edition substantially.
A more detailed article about the transition can be found here on the Christian Science Monitor website. The article says the print edition "has trended downward for nearly 40 years."