While virus spreads, news doesn't

Hammered by the COVID-19 crisis, The Gabber, a weekly newspaper serving Gulfport for more than 50 years, has shut down.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 10:28 a.m. April 9, 2020
The Gabber, a weekly paper serving Gulfport since 1968, has shuttered because of the COVID-19 economic crisis. Courtesy photo.
The Gabber, a weekly paper serving Gulfport since 1968, has shuttered because of the COVID-19 economic crisis. Courtesy photo.
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Restaurants, hotels and other hospitality enterprises aren’t the only businesses laying off staff and shutting down because of the COVID-19 crisis. Newspapers, facing precipitous drops in advertising, are also suffering.

 

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