NSD, Piteå magazine and Norran in Skellefteå are examples of local magazines that no longer have a regular cultural editorial, and since Monday it also applies to Norrbottens-Kuriren-a decision motivated by weak reader interest.
Theater manager Gunilla Röör sees this as a dangerous development.
– It’s a question of democracy. You have to make sure to monitor many different things, otherwise we get a culture of silence.