UNDATED (AP) _ Hearst Corp. is assessing whether online fees could help save the Houston Chronicle and 14 remaining daily newspapers owned by the company.
The Houston Chronicle, the largest daily newspaper in Texas, has seen its weekday circulation plunge nearly 22 percent. It’s now at a little more than 425,000 over the last 10 years.
Scores of other newspapers have suffered declines ranging from a few percentage points to more than 30 percent.
But the abundance of news on the Internet hasn’t helped print editions containing virtually the same content that’s often available online a day earlier.
As a result, 28 percent of newspaper executives responding to a recent survey by the Associated Press Managing Editors said their publications are considering online fees.