The new Miami Herald is, naturally, a reduced Miami Herald, with the Local section now folded into the main section. Readers are understandably upset, in large part, I think, because - like all changes - this one was presented as something fresh and sensible. If newspapers were upfront with their readers, and told them the truth - Look, we're losing readers and with them, advertising, so we have to cut staff and sections - I think subscribers would be more tolerant of the changes. Everybody knows newspapers are hemorrhaging, but they win no sympathy by passing it off as tantalizing innovation.
