[TopQuark]

Chad, thanks for a great compilation and sharing your experience with us.

The question I have is this: why would you want to start a newspaper with clear diseconomies of scale (to be big is cheaper than small but requires huge funds to get there), when you can create a web site? The "distribution" of materials, as well as marketing, must be much cheaper.

[djf]

The printed version could be the text side, where the online version could include the graphics. It goes without saying it would need a website, all businesses have websites, I think even bordellos have websites.

[Chad Fairbanks]

You raise an interesting point... However, on the flip side, I meet people in my own neighborhood who can't afford a computer, let alone an interent account. I'ts a sad reality. All these people know is what they see on the 6 o'closk news, or wahtever they can glean from the headlines they see in the store.

That's not to say that online isn't the way to go, but part of the idea is to reach new people...