Link: Facebook’s local news project frustrated – by lack of local newspapers

The definition of not enough:

The company deems a community unsuitable for Today In if it cannot find a single day in a month with at least five news items available to share.

And:

Some 1,800 newspapers have closed in the US over the last 15 years, according to the University of North Carolina. Newsroom employment has declined by 45% as the industry struggles with a broken business model partly caused by the success of companies on the internet – including Facebook.