This week another book review section, that of the large and influential LA Times, has ended entirely. A number of very well known and respected authors, as well as brand new writers, had been reviewed there throughout the years. (Book reviews are still being run at the LA Times but without a special section and with less staff (150 editors fired) and less pages available (reduction of 15%.) The motive? Profit.
Apparently that whole "public service" model of newspapers is so old news. And also gone is the theory: "give the readers what they want to sell papers." The on-going motto now seems to be: "newspapers have to make as much profit as possible for their owners as the first consideration."

I started Sunday Morning Book Reviews with this overview (updated below):