(Blog Post) If you think life would be sweet if the profit-oriented corporations running newspapers were replaced by wealthy, civic-minded people operating them in the public interest, consider the case of the Berkeley Daily Planet. Then, think again. Full Story »
Posted by Dan Kennedy
I suppose Mutter wants us to come away from this story with the idea that in these tough times ineptness can be deadly for a newspaper. Fair enough. Surprising, though -- and disingenuous -- that the only "alternative" he mentions is charging for print copies. No discussion of going online only, but of course this is the irony we're (intentionally) left with in Mutter's piece.
