A new age for the local news business?

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In New Orleans, a famous daily newspaper just announced it won't be daily any more. But in this Nieman Journalism Lab post, Ken Doctor sees hope, as circulation replaces advertising in the income stream: "Subscribers are learning they are paying for a news product, not a physical one delivered to their driveway," he writes. "The early evidence is that smartly executed, print subscribers can be brought along, with their paid subscriptions, into the mainly digital age."

June 2, 2012

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