Seems bad. I trust these machinations, no matter who is behind them, will not be successful. My life is already too full of dismay (thank you very much). The editor of The Runner, the student newspaper, is interviewed here.
Many years ago I endowed an award given annually at my university to a journalism student “recognized for active involvement with production of student publications as a writer and/or editor.” I would cry many tears if these student publications ceased to exist at my university.