Detroit News To Be Bought By Freep Owner; and Let's Talk About Minneapolis
Today's conversation is in two parts.
First, we dig into USA Today (formerly Gannett) buying the Detroit News - just a month after a joint operating agreement ended between the two papers and bringing the Detroit Free Press and news under the same ownership umbrella. They say they'll continue as separate publications, but based on the track record of those involved, we have our personal skepticism.
We also get into the precarious state of local news in America.
Then, a personal conversation on the events over the weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We get into the aftermath, the Orwellian…
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