Hmm. What if, indeed?
Just think with me on this for a moment or two. What would that newspaper need to be?
Independently and locally owned and operated. Some guy in a suit in Richmond or Northern Virginia isn’t dictating how things are run; it’s the guy or gal in the office down the hall. That matters because the bottom-line emphasis changes from a focus solely on the balance sheet to a more holistic view of the balance sheet and what the paper is doing in the community.
Hmm. What if, indeed?
Just think with me on this for a moment or two. What would that newspaper need to be?
Independently and locally owned and operated. Some guy in a suit in Richmond or Northern Virginia isn’t dictating how things are run; it’s the guy or gal in the office down the hall. That matters because the bottom-line emphasis changes from a focus solely on the balance sheet to a more holistic view of the balance sheet and what the paper is doing in the community.
Link to column on TheWorldAccordingToChrisGraham.com.
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