Comments on: What happens when a one-newspaper town becomes a no-newspaper town? http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/05/27/what-happens-when-a-one-newspaper-town-becomes-a-no-newspaper-town/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:32:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fikshun http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/05/27/what-happens-when-a-one-newspaper-town-becomes-a-no-newspaper-town/comment-page-1/#comment-66227 fikshun Thu, 28 May 2009 01:22:01 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=9367#comment-66227 Interesting points. It's funny. My knee-jerk reaction is to think I couldn't trust a news source that accepts grant money; though I suppose I do have some trust of Public Television and NPR. If "labor of love" becomes the business model in even a large minority of communities, I can't help but feel a few of those communities will receive a real bargain while the vast majority will be treated to nothing more than advertising. These next few years will be interesting if nothing else. Interesting points. It’s funny. My knee-jerk reaction is to think I couldn’t trust a news source that accepts grant money; though I suppose I do have some trust of Public Television and NPR. If “labor of love” becomes the business model in even a large minority of communities, I can’t help but feel a few of those communities will receive a real bargain while the vast majority will be treated to nothing more than advertising.

These next few years will be interesting if nothing else.

]]> By: Maureen Ogle http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/05/27/what-happens-when-a-one-newspaper-town-becomes-a-no-newspaper-town/comment-page-1/#comment-66223 Maureen Ogle Wed, 27 May 2009 21:09:59 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=9367#comment-66223 Fascinating! Esp. Conover's comment that a major daily needs to fail before true innovation can begin. Somewhat related: I live in a town of 25,000 plus 25,000 students. The local paper sill exists, although it's not clear to me how: about six months ago, the owners started delivering it free to every house in town. I have no idea how the bills are being paid (and yes, the daily edition is so frail and reed thin that it blow away in a strong wind, literally and figuratively). So in some sense, it's also a labor of love a la Carbondale, although, again, how long the love will last is unclear. Fascinating! Esp. Conover’s comment that a major daily needs to fail before true innovation can begin.

Somewhat related: I live in a town of 25,000 plus 25,000 students. The local paper sill exists, although it’s not clear to me how: about six months ago, the owners started delivering it free to every house in town. I have no idea how the bills are being paid (and yes, the daily edition is so frail and reed thin that it blow away in a strong wind, literally and figuratively).

So in some sense, it’s also a labor of love a la Carbondale, although, again, how long the love will last is unclear.

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