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REPORT: What just happened in the newspaper industry?

8/11/2013

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Last week, two of the remaining, high-profile American newspapers--the Boston Globe and Washington Post--were sold to new owners.  The Washington Post passed from family ownership to Jeffrey Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, while, in an almost reverse sale, The Boston Globe was sold by The New York Times Company to John Henry, a Boston local and owner of the Red Sox.  Meanwhile, the same New York Times Company, largely family-owned, issued a public assurance that the New York Times will not be sold. 

These are three very different paths for three major journalistic outlets. Do we see any evidence for these paths in their readership numbers?  


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