RUMBO Scales Back

Competition makes everyone better, especially in journalism, so when I see a media outlet cut back or go dark, I'm not just sad for the employees, but for the effect on news coverage.

So it's a bummer to see RUMBO, the Spanish-language newspaper chain, drop to three days a week in San Antonio and Houston, cut Valley publication to weekly and cease publication in Austin. The paper will offer issues for free instead of 25 cents per copy and increase the number of copies it distributes.

Rumbo calls it a "refocused strategy" but it really means people out of work and less diversity in reporting.