The poor old, tired, liberal Dallas Morning Snooze will finally only cover the central city, where no one reads English...including graduates of Dallas high schools who were born there.
My place in the country in north Louisiana is about 250 miles from Dallas via I-20. Until the Katrina storm boosted gas prices, I could buy the Dallas Morning News regular edition every morning at 7:00 at a local convenience store. The distributor met a truck halfway at Longview and left about 5 copies in our local box. That was at least a 250 mile daily round trip, actually more since he went on farther east with the papers. I never could understand how any money could be made unless the paper was heavily subsidizing distribution.
In the fall of 2005 the paper stopped coming, then later the official announcement about cutting back to the 200 mile limit came. Well, the paper is on line anyway if anyone wants to read it. All we miss is the pound and a half of slick ads on Sunday mornings, which of course is where the paper's income originates.