Wyoming newspapers also downsized

Yet another Wyoming newspaper is moving out of a large old building and into smaller offices.

The first to do so was the Casper Star Tribune, which sold the large building it had lived in for decades and its huge printing press and moved into much smaller offices near downtown Casper.

Gillette News-Record is doing something similar. The News Record was previously housed in a sizable building that housed reporters, editors, sales staff, and more. They just announced they will keep the building and build a small office space just large enough for a few reporters and sales staff.

The News Record’s new location is at 1001 South Douglas Highway, Suite B3, in the business plaza behind Visionary Communications. The News-Record will continue to publish twice-weekly newspapers and provide daily online coverage of the community. (GNR).

Below is a Google image of the old News Record building.

Meanwhile, the Campbell County Health Department has entered into a deal with the former owner of the News-Record to purchase the building at Second Street and Burma Avenue. (GNR).

The announcement also states that it only publishes “twice a week.” But that doesn’t mean you don’t publish daily content online. However, paper publications are only available twice a week.

The paper format of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle also became much smaller and no longer printed daily. However, they still maintain a large building in Cheyenne and print other newspapers, including the Casper Star Tribune.

Newspaper companies have been in dire straits across the country for many years.

A new way to create and distribute content to the public has emerged.

Today’s technology has made it easy for anyone to start a news organization. It no longer costs a lot of money.

Below is a photo of the old Casper Star Tribune building provided by Google.

Here in Wyoming, a few major newspapers are just vestiges of their former lives.

This doesn’t mean these news sources need to be retired. However, not many people pick up physical paper anymore. It’s all on this little device that people hold and stare at all day long.

Old newspapers had to find new business models to exist in today’s world.

Gone are the days when most people wanted a subscription. People expect the news they see on their phones to be subscription-free.

Wyoming’s traditional newspapers could survive into the future if they can figure out this new way of doing business.