Art Cullen, center, editor and co-owner of the Storm Lake Times, won the Pulitzer Prize this year for editorial writing. Photo: Associated PressOne of the more heartwarming tales out of this year’s Pulitzer Prize announcements was the win by the tiny Storm Lake Times newspaper in Iowa for editorial writing. The hard-earned accolade seemed proof that, even in these trying times for newspapers, a plucky family-run outfit can still be capable of big things. Only 15% of America’s daily newspaper circulation is under independent control, meaning a publisher that operates only a single newspaper, according to research from Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. DV&M notes, however, that there remain 82 daily newspapers that have been owned by the same family for more than 100 years.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 13, 2017 10:00 UTC