No one fills the gap. Newspapers do not seem to be able to do it. Weimer left college in 1926. At that time there were eleven newspapers in New York City alone. Many cities had at least two or three newspapers.
People today are mentally lazy.
When that closed he was sent to Boston where he was an assistant city editor. Then when that office closed he went to the Cleveland Press. He laughed as he said that the papers closed behind him. In this magazine consumer and health reporting were introduced. Part V. PM Magazine and I.F. Stone.