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The Rapid City Weekly News folds
Associated Press - ^ | April 3, 2009

Posted on 04/03/2009 7:37:13 AM PDT by george76

The recession has prompted another newspaper to fold.

Thursday's edition of The Rapid City Weekly News was the last to hit the newsstands.

(Excerpt) Read more at kjct8.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: media; msm; newspaper; newspapers; rapidcity

1 posted on 04/03/2009 7:37:13 AM PDT by george76
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To: Grampa Dave; Liz; abb

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/04/03/news/local/doc49d4317ab8640980530004.txt


2 posted on 04/03/2009 7:43:54 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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3 posted on 04/03/2009 7:48:28 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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Thanks for the ping: “Katus said he thought the four-year-old paper had offered a diversity of local columnists and views. “I think that was very healthy for the community>”

Define diversity. Where there any conservative writers, articles or opeds?


4 posted on 04/03/2009 7:52:31 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does Zer0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foreign/domestic terrorists, or tax cheats?)
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“Another one bites the dust!”


5 posted on 04/03/2009 8:16:06 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you are talking about Zimbabwe money.)
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“Katus said he thought the four-year-old paper had offered a diversity of local columnists and views. “I think that was very healthy for the community>”

Obviously a flawed business plan.

6 posted on 04/03/2009 8:32:15 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (The Democrats want nationalized health care? I'll take the coverage Congress has. Nothing less.)
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