The
global economic crisis has spurred discussion about how to keep the presses
rolling. A recent Columbia Journalism Review article asks: Should
government help? When Denver’s Andrew Hudson used his online job-posting
site as a forum to float a newspaper
tax to save the Rocky Mountain News, the ensuing discussion
was surprisingly supportive. “You’d have a better chance convincing taxpayers
to buy the Denver Broncos than the city’s newspaper,” countered fellow Denver
blogger Steven
Silvers.
What about subsidized, endowed, or non-profit newspapers? This new post in J-Source’s Town Hall awaits your comments.