‘Good Little Paper’ Fights To Survive

Publisher Kai Eiselein of The Eagle & Boomerang displays a recent edition of his newspaper. (Photo: Lewiston Tribune)

Amanda Larsen of the Lewiston Tribune tells of the struggles to survive of the Eagle & Boomerang newspaper, serving the Palouse with small-town stories. Writes Amanda: “After months of financial troubles, publisher Kai Eiselein has decided to reduce the number of issues per month of the publication previously known as The Latah Eagle. The paper had been printed weekly until January, but when times for the paper started getting tough, Eiselein cut back to every other week in February and plans to continue that publication schedule. When he bought the small publication in July, he knew it would be challenging to keep it operating. The previous owner, LuJane Nisse, told Eiselein that he would either have to buy the paper, or find a new editing job. He decided to take on the challenge.” More here .

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