rss feedNichi Bei Times of California to stop publishing, hopes nonprofit status will help
Nichi Bei Times, which launched after World War II to help “reconnect” Japanese Americans returning from internment camps, will publish its final edition Sept. 10, the company announced this week.
The 63-year-old newspaper has been suffering years of advertising and circulation losses, the company said.
But some Nichi Bei Times staff members and Asian American community leaders hope the formation of the nonprofit Nichi Bei Foundation will enable them to receive grants and donations to continue the newspaper.
If the publication ceases, it would mean the loss of Northern California’s oldest Japanese American newspaper. It reportedly has about 8,000 subscribers.
