Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 1:28am
PUBLISHERS WANTED
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Robert G. Kaiser]
[Commentary] Anyone want to buy a paper? Consider the rewards of being a newspaper proprietor. A newspaper with smart reporters and editors and a public-spirited owner can improve its community, raise the quality of its public and private institutions and enhance the lives of its citizens in countless ways. A good newspaper holds powerful people accountable for the way they use their power. The paper can unify a community, helping its residents understand how different segments of the population live, work, entertain themselves and more.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/26/AR2006032600877.html
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