Gannett to close Tucson Citizen

After nearly 140 years, Gannett Co. announced it will close Southern Arizona’s Tucson Citizen, according to reports from the Associated Press.
In January, Gannett announced it would close the Citizen if it did not find a buyer. No buyer was found and now the paper will shut down production on March 21.
From the story:

The Citizen, an afternoon newspaper, has struggled for years against the Arizona Daily Star, a 117,000-circulation morning newspaper owned by Lee Enterprises. During the Citizen’s heyday in the 1960s, circulation was about 60,000; today, it’s 17,000.
Editor Jennifer Boice said the Citizen’s closure is a loss for the Star, the community and journalism.
“It’s a loss because what we do makes the Star better, the Star makes us better, and because of that, the community gets better information,” said Boice, who started at the paper 25 years ago as a business writer. “It’s more than the sum of the parts.”