College newspapers feel financial pinch

<p>"Most of the conditions causing hard times for newspapers in the private sector — declining print advertising revenue and difficulties making the Web a moneymaker — are also affecting student newspapers at colleges and universities throughout the country.</p>

<p>Add to the mix the budget-cutting realities that colleges and universities now face, and many journalism schools have entered adapt-or-die mode.</p>

<p>Among the student newspapers facing hard times:</p>

<p>•The University of Connecticut’s 116-year-old student newspaper, The Daily Campus, reports it could face insolvency by 2014, largely due to big losses in advertising revenue.</p>

<p>•The University of California-Berkeley’s 141-year-old student newspaper, The Daily Californian, faces a budget deficit of $200,000 and an uncertain future after a vote this month to add a $2-per-semester surcharge to students for the paper was challenged and put on hold." …</p>

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