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The rise of a new media baron and the emerging threat of news deserts / by Penelope Muse Abernathy

Author
Abernathy, Penelope Muse, 1951-
Published
Chapel Hill, NC : Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism, [2016]
Chapel Hill,, NC : University of North Carolina Press
Copyright Date
©2016
Physical Description
86 pages : color maps, charts ; 28 cm
Additional Creators
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Media and Journalism

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Contents
A dramatically changed landscape. Fewer newspapers ; Fewer readers ; Fewer owners -- The rise of a new media baron. How the new media baron is different ; The largest 25 companies in 2004 ; 2008 and a tectonic shift for the industry ; The largest 25 in 2014 ; How the new media barons grew ; The profile of a new type of owner ; The lack of transparency and civic responsibility ; Post-2014: consolidation continues -- The emerging threat of news deserts. The national footprint of the largest 25 chains ; The vast reach of investment companies ; Where investment companies bought papers ; What investment companies look for ; Investment strategies vs. community needs ; Six states: six case studies Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia ; Diminished local newspapers: an unfilled void ; The challenges for newspapers and communities -- Finding solutions: saving community journalism.
Summary
This report, divided into four sections, documents dramatic changes over the past decade. With the industry in distress, local newspapers are shrinking, and some are vanishing. At the same time, a new type of newspaper owner has emerged, very different from traditional publishers, the best of whom sought to balance business interests with civic responsibility to the community where their paper was located. As newspapers confront an uncertain future, the choices these new owners make could determine whether vast 'news deserts' arise in communities and regions throughout the country. This has implications not just for the communities where these papers are located, but also, in the long-term, for all of America."--page 5.
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ISBN
1469634023 (paperback)
9781469634029 (paperback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-78).
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