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> Behalf Of camplate
> I hate to be a stick in the mud about this, I mostly belive what
> you are saying, don't agree ;-), but where does your 80% figure
> come from and how does it relate to city size?
Although it is documented in quite a few places, the most authoritative
source on this and related facts is still Ben Bagdikian's "The Media
Monopoly." It's 20 years old, but updated regularly. Most of the
predictions he made in 1980 have come true, sadly.
>I checked this site:
>
> http://www.newspaperlinks.com/newspaperlist.cfm
>
> and was surprised to find out LA has only one daily ( I don't
> think The Hollywood Reporter is a real paper) but is that
> balanced by the fact that NY has four? Or does your source count
> that as one city with one newspaper and one city with more than
> one newspaper? Because we can go down the list:
That list includes papers that aren't dailies in competition with one
another, as well as papers with JOAs that make them a single advertising
entity.
> I'm sure that the farther you go the more one newspaper towns you
> will find, but that is just consumer reality, not the free market
> system failing. It shows the free market is working, I would think.
>
> How many snowmobile dealers does Miami have?
I'm sorry, but I can't make sense of what you're saying here. The free
market is working by eliminating competition? Consumers only want one daily
paper?
Nick
