COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The University of Missouri's independent student newspaper, The Maneater, says it will produce only one print publication per week to allow the staff to concentrate on the paper's website.
The paper will now publish only on Wednesday, rather than twice a week. The Maneater began as a twice-a-week publication in 1955.
Noelker says the new schedule will allow staff to cover daily breaking news online while improving the quality of features and in-depth coverage in the print edition.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/187XfOb ) that publications coordinator Becky Diehl said finances did not cause the decision to become a weekly newspaper.
Diehl says the staff makeup likely will remain the same, and the print publication will be about the same size.