BUFFALO, N.Y. The Buffalo News will end its 127-year run of publishing afternoon editions of the paper by the spring of next year.
Publisher Stanford Lipsey announced today that subscribers will see the first changes this spring, when the newspaper's Niagara edition is moved to morning delivery. All editions of the paper will become morning delivery by the spring of 2007.
The move is the latest in an industry trend that has seen many afternoon newspapers either fold or switch to morning-only editions. Surveys have found that more readers prefer to get their news in the morning.
Lipsey says the Buffalo News is believed to be the last paper in the nation's Top 50 markets to make the switch to morning home delivery.
The changes could result in layoffs among the newspaper's delivery truck drivers.
