Buffalo News No Longer Publishes Print Issue on ‘Major Holidays’

For the first time in the newspaper’s history, Buffalo News didn’t publish a print issue this July 4th — and it probably won’t be the last time, either.

Buffalo News The newspaper will no longer publish print issues on major holidays, the paper’s owner, Lee Enterprises, announced in an email to subscribers.

Lee Enterprises said in the email that it made the change to “allow our employees to enjoy the holidays with friends and family.”

But the Buffalo Newspaper Guild, the union that represents the newspaper’s journalists, said in a tweet that the move was simply a cost-cutting measure.

“Our parent company has decided to stop printing on major holidays to save money on printing and shipping costs, plain and simple,” the guild said. “(Lee Enterprises) should not be selling fiction to our readers and subscribers.”

Buffalo News The newspaper will not publish a print edition on New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, according to the newspaper’s website.

An electronic edition of the newspaper was published on Independence Day.