Kansas City Star‘s less-for-more business strategy faulted

College instructor and local media critic John Landsberg announced yesterday that he has given up his Kansas City Star habit. Writing on his blog, Landsberg says he can no longer be a “loyal customer” of a company that raises the price of a product that has fallen in quality.

The Star loses subscribers every day, many of them to the paper’s Obits section. But what does it say about the paper when men who teach journalism and cover the heroics of Russ Ptacek refuse home delivery?