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Subject: Re: How are small town papers doing?

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mark farmer

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Date Posted: 00:00:43 06/15/13 Sat
In reply to: ralph058 's message, "Re: How are small town papers doing?" on 08:04:49 06/07/13 Fri

> My
>>gut feeling is that rural areas have it a little
>>better in
>>
>>I think small local newspapers be able to hold out for
>>a while but the long run doesn't look very promising.
>>
>>-- Wes
>That was my gut feel too. I remember all of the dumb
I failed to mention one item on my prior 'insert' message. Small papers are paid double what a big city paper to include an insert. I did not deal much with weeklies but heard they were 3x+ a city rare. The advertisers have more belief.
Problem is, the average subscriber is aging. Young people do scribe at a significant percentage of their group.To
>"Mary Sue Ellingson from Portage visited her mother
>over the weekend" type stories in the weekly that my
>mother worked for. I thought they were dumb at the
>time, but now, I think that is why the small town
>papers will be viable for a while longer than the city
>ones. The Plumb County Herald is a member of the
>family and small towns look out for family.

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