A note to our readers: News-Press to eliminate 2 days of print circulation

The Glendale News-Press plans to reduce its print publication schedule from four days a week to two beginning Wednesday.

The newspaper will continue to publish in print on Wednesdays and Saturdays and daily online. Thursdays and Fridays are being eliminated to lower expenses in a challenging time for print journalism.

“Serving our readers and our advertisers with both a print edition and a website is a balancing act,” said John Canalis, executive editor of Los Angeles Times Community News. “We’ve experimented with adding daily print editions in the past but, at this time, focusing on Wednesdays and Saturdays makes the most financial sense.”

The News-Press’ sister paper, the Burbank Leader, has done well at two days a week, Canalis said, adding that he hopes the same publication schedule proves to be “the right formula for Glendale as well.”

Paid and free News-Press circulation after the reduction is forecast at 9,992 copies on Wednesdays and 8,436 on Saturdays. An additional 922 copies of the Saturday edition will be delivered to Sunday-only readers. Online page views have averaged 19,000 a day in 2016.

The News-Press is owned by and inserted in the Los Angeles Times and is available for free in parts of its coverage area.