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Poynter

In Search of the Magic Bullet

Sunday, March 1, 2009
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As others have noted, now is a bad time to be working for a newspaper.  Advertising is drying up, papers are going bankrupt, reporters are being furloughed, bought out, or let go in droves, and some papers are even closing entirely. 

There has been much talk recently about how to save newspapers, and I came across a possible solution that makes a whole lot of sense.

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