Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Five years later, that future is closer than ever

"Brace yourself for a future where local news is a big collection of whatever the websites can scour up for free, with a little sprinkling of 'investigative' reporting as a fig leaf."

-- Anonymous@8:21 p.m. on June 27, 2008. They were commenting on a stunning reorganization of the U.S. community newspaper division. Of 130,348 comments posted on Gannett Blog, that's one I've never forgotten.
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Jim says: "Proceed with caution; this is a free-for-all comment zone. I try to correct or clarify incorrect information. But I can't catch everything. Please keep your posts focused on Gannett and media-related subjects. Note that I occasionally review comments in advance, to reject inappropriate ones. And I ignore hostile posters, and recommend you do, too."

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