FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reducing its print schedule to three days per week, the newspaper announced Friday.
Editor Steve Coffman in an email to subscribers said the Star-Telegram starting on Oct. 7 will print editions only on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. And since the papers will be delivered through the U.S. Mail, subscribers will receive the Sunday paper on Saturday.
The Star-Telegram, which is content partners with WFAA, currently prints a newspaper six days per week.
Coffman said the reduction in print schedule "does not mean our newsroom is scaling back its journalism."
"We’ll still be reporting the news all day, every day, on our web and mobile sites, where we already have millions of readers in North Texas," Coffman wrote.
The Star-Telegram "has far more" subscribers on digital than print, according to Coffman, who also called the change "a strategic move with an eye toward the future, not a reaction to a crisis."
Coffman's note didn't address any potential price changes as a result of the reduced print schedule, but he said subscribers will hear from the paper's customer service team "regarding next steps" soon.
The Star-Telegram hasn't been immune to newspaper industry challenges. The paper has seen numerous rounds of layoffs and buyouts over the years and ultimately moved out of its downtown offices to a co-working space in the West 7th area of Fort Worth.
In 2022, a group of unionized workers at the paper went on strike, accusing parent company McClatchy of "refusing to bargain in good faith" over a new contract. The union claimed McClatchy, a hedge fund-owned company that operates media outlets in 30 U.S. markets, wasn't budging on items such as wages, severance and layoffs during negotiations.
Ryan Osborne previously worked at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.