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http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/robert/201010/1901/
Letting go of the rope: Why I’m no longer a newspaper subscriber

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffbercovici/2010/10/28/whats-the-boston-globe-worth-anyway-try-120-million/
What’s the Boston Globe Worth, Anyway? Try $120 Million

[SanFranDan]

Ex LA Times employee lamenting about his sad paper without ever mentioning or understanding bias

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/robert/201010/1901/
Letting go of the rope: Why I’m no longer a newspaper subscriber

My wife and I let our Los Angeles Times subscription lapse this week, after years of watching that once-vital newspaper decline into, at worst, self-parody. We held on much longer than we should have. As a former Times employee and a life-long advocate for journalism, I didn’t want to be part of undercutting something I once considered a vital civic asset.