L.A. Japanese-American newspaper must get 10,000 subscribers by year's end -- or close its door

What’s a newspaper?

Seriously though, newspapers are a dying thing, even when they’re targeting significantly larger audiences. I don’t know what the size of their local Japanese-speaking community is, but I suspect that the number of people who prefer to consume their news in Japanese isn’t experiencing a growth spurt, particularly as younger folks tend to get their news through other sources.

That said, we’ve still got one going where I live, though it’s mostly just another one of those free ad-supported community papers that you see everywhere, so who knows…

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