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The San Francisco Bay Guardian recaps the issues of media concentration and the demise of JOA newspapers in an article triggered by the sale of the San Francisco Chronicle. Mentions how the St. Louis Globe-Democrat closed, but continues to take its share of the JOA profits even after closing. A variation on the theme of paying off Rupert for closing the Star-Bulletin. Excellent overview.
Where have all the papers gone?-special report
A special report by New Jersey Media Watch on the decline of independent newspapers and and the negative impacts of media concentration. The report focuses on Gannett, which owned 7 of the state's 19 daily newspapers after its acquisition of two papers in July 1998. Author discloses five years as a Gannett employee. Excellent summary of issues.
The deal that brought the banner Down.
A look at Gannett's 1998 closing of the Nashville Banner, the smaller paper in a joint operating agreement similar to Honolulu's. Originally published in Nashville Scene, February 1998, and available on Freedom Forum Online.
Does
Chattanooga Purchase Mean War? and Free
Press announces change.
Chattanooga,
Evansville become 1-paper towns.
This one-two-three punch describes the demise of a JOA in
Chattanooga.
Small town newspaper shuts down. Jan 10, 1999
Why did Rupert Phillips start a daily newspaper with a circulation of under 2,000 in 1994, in direct competition with a larger Gannett paper, and then close it five years later? That's the question that lingers after reading this brief account from Arkansas.
Scripps announces closure of El Paso Herald-Post
The death of yet another afternoon newspaper, once the largest p.m. paper in Texas.
Gannett will buy Army Times Co.
A brief Washington Post story on Gannett's purchase of the Army Times, which provides a capsule history of how Star-Bulletin owner Rupert Phillips gained control of the Journal newspapers in the Washington, D.C. area.
Legal Stuff
HAWAII NEWSPAPERS v BRONSTER No. 96-15142
Full text of the 9th Circuit's opinion the last time Hawaii's newspaper JOA came before them.Newspaper Preservation Act
The law that started it all.
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