The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News may soon stop home delivery for some days of the week making them the first major daily newspapers in the country to do so.
The move could save a considerable amount of money, but it is also expected to drive readers to the papers' Web sites.
According to a report that quoted anonymous sources, papers could be delivered on Sunday and either Thursday or Friday or both. Those days are considered the most profitable and on the other days, a slimmed single-copy edition would be put on newsstands.
"There will be an announcement of a new business model made on Tuesday," said a spokesman for Detroit Media Partnership, which runs both papers. "We do expect to print newspapers every single day."
A few papers have stopped running their presses entirely, including The Christian Science Monitor and Kentucky Post. Others have stopped printing on days with weak advertising.
Read more about the changes to these Detroit newspapers here.
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