'' media critic Eric Alterman said . Watch how the economy and Internet are taking a toll on the industry '' Newspapers across the country are under pressure as readership declines , along with advertising revenue , while more and more Americans get their information online . `` All newspapers are under great pressure . They 'll survive , but they 'll survive in different forms , their costs base will have to be dramatically lowered , '' said Mort Zuckerman , publisher of the New York Daily News , which has the seventh highest circulation in the country . The dramatic decline in advertising dollars in a brutal economy has forced newspapers to cut costs by firing cartoonists , columnists and others , leaving them searching for jobs in a struggling industry . Pia Catton lost her job as arts editor of the New York Sun five months ago , when the newspaper closed . She has taken a short-term job editing a book , but she thinks she may need to look at different careers soon . `` There will always be a market for news , you will always need to know immediately what 's happening .
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After nearly 150 years in business , the Rocky Mountain News published its final edition Friday , the victim of a bad economy and the Internet generation . The Rocky Mountain News in Denver , Colorado , published its last edition Friday after 150 years . The final front-page headline simply says : `` Goodbye , Colorado . '' `` It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to you today . Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado , the nation and the world , is over . '' The Rocky Mountain News ' owner , E.W. Scripps Co. , made the announcement to the newsroom at noon Thursday , ending three months of speculation and drama over its fate . The News had been put up for sale in December . The Rocky Mountain News was the latest victim in an era of shutdowns , layoffs and cutbacks plaguing the newspaper industry . `` It 's in a free fall and nobody knows where the bottom is . It 's kind of like water in the toilet swirling around and nobody knows what 's left when you 're done flushing ,