Printing Presses Fall Victim to Pandemic

Another victim of the coronavirus pandemic are local printing presses, with several large plants shutting down or being sold this year amid the economic woes the United States has faced.

Axios noted that Monday's news of the The Philadelphia Inquirer selling its printing press, which employs up to 500 people, is just the latest occurrence in a trend.

Other closures in 2020 include:

• A printing press in the Bronx owned by News Corp. The plant prints The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and the New York Post.
• The Virginia Pilot shuttered its local press and moved the company to Richmond. One hundred thirty-two jobs were lost.
• The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, California, relocated its printing facilities to Phoenix, Arizona, which resulted in three dozen layoffs.

Many newsrooms across the country have either slimmed down or gone away altogether during the pandemic as revenue plummeted.

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