Sunday's Dallas Morning News Editorial page had one article lamenting that governments only owned 10% of all land in Texas, while mere citizens had the gall to own 90%! Letter after letter that it published ALL took the Palestinian side of the Israel - Palestinian dispute, as well as mirrored the Left-Wing line demanded of all major newspapers. In short, the DMN has become pure socialistic drivel.
No individual could do it. A corporation, or private foundation would have to put up several hundred million dollars in start up costs.
But newspaper readership is down, which is one reason why most cities only have one daily newspaper. Maybe that's because people don't like what they read in newspapers and need an alternative. Maybe it's because newspapers are going extinct altogether in the next 100 years as information is delivered in other ways.
I don't know, but it's still a dream.