Christian Science Monitor to Cease Daily Print Edition

Posted on November 8, 2008

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 above is a sample of what the weekly print edition will look like.

BusinessWeek reports that the newspaper will cease daily publication next April. The newspaper will shift to a weekly print format while increasing its emphasis on its website according to editor John Yemma.

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."


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