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I think what we are seeing is like the start-up of newspapers at the turn of the century with so many presses, especially here.
It's kind of like may the best one win?
My hope is either for the Sound to grow, which is very possible because they have a fabulous general manager I know, John Leonard -- or for somebody like Bill McF's Noozlenet paper. I can see how a net paper could be started in the web and then brought to paperprint from the web.
You met me once before out here in web land and now I just want to write op-eds and other things.
Papers face VERY important times Doc. Not like our childhoods.
I think you are seeing journalism find a way, however it can and it's just that we now have the web.
I know Tom Bolton from Santa Maria Times. We worked together once.
Perhaps some big "philanthropist" could fund it and we would be able to get everyone decent together. But, Zant and Melinda have their fight and it must be honored. To give you an idea search the industry for Zell and see what is happening to the south. If the paper is destroyed down there through the sale, we will depend upon blogs and the net for local news in Southern California.
Anyway, that sure was fantastic fire coverage from you, so long ago.
What fell by the wayside hangs now as documentary evidence as I guess, most likely. I don't know what would have happened since last July without Craig Smith's blog.
The newspaper industry is in big trouble now that we have few like Bolton and TM and Otis Chandler. I'm afraid I worked with the last of the best. Blogs like LA Observed are a way to arrange a news-source now.
Wiki can fill you in for the history of the newspaper industry in general -- but, you are seeing history in the making right now.
How papers report on that remains to be seen.
And, if there was an online thing-- you should be a huge part of that somehow.
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