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The narrative continues through the years, recounting employment with major newspapers such as the Denver Post, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, De Moine Register, St. Paul Pioneer Press, and Las Vegas Review Journal. These institutions, once vast in scale, relied heavily on advertising revenue, particularly from casinos and retail outlets, to sustain their operations.
The speaker observes that over time, the size and scope of newspapers diminished. Circulation numbers declined steadily from the mid-1990s onward, with smaller towns losing their daily papers or merging into weekly editions. Newspaper size was reduced from large broadsheets to tabloids, and content grew increasingly sparse as economic pressures led to cost-cutting measures, including shrinking print runs and ad pages.