Buried deep in this month’s Harper’s Index was a startling factoid:

Chances that a story in a British newspaper is a reprinted or rewritten press release: 3 in 5

While developments in the European media world often migrate to the U.S., I sincerely hope this isn’t one of them. Though given the delapidated state of U.S. dailies, it probably either already has or will in the very near future.

Tags: Daily Newspapers, U.S. Dailies, British Newspapers, European Media Trends, Press Releases, Most U.S. Business Reporting Is Already Pathetic, How Can Dailies Get Any Worse?