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- Alaska weekly survives sale and thrives in print
Alaska's Cordova Times, written off by many when it was sold last year, is thriving, thanks to its determined editor, Jennifer Gibbens, and advertisers that committed to the newspaper for a year to keep it going. The key for the weekly is heavy emphasis on local news and staying in print rather than focusing on online. "People really want print," Gibbens said. KTUU-TV (Anchorage, Alaska)
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- Buffett indicates willingness to buy more newspapers
Having sampled the newspaper business by acquiring his hometown Omaha World-Herald in Nebraska, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett said he's open to buying more papers. Buffett said he sees a future for newspapers in areas with a strong sense of community, although profit "will be nothing like the old days." The Telegraph (London)
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- Journalists' online startups fill news gaps
Some journalists with expertise in a particular area are leaving the newsroom to launch online startups that leverage their knowledge and give them freedom to explore their fields. Others are filling regional gaps where newspaper cutbacks have left a "news desert." American Journalism Review
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- How vital of a role does community reporting play?
 Although local newspaper editors in a 50-state survey universally proclaimed the vitality of their reporting and the watchdog role they play, the public seems to disagree, writes Nikki Usher, assistant professor at George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs. Data show that local news websites account for only a few minutes of the hours that people spend online each month, with a marked preference for entertainment over substantive news. Nieman Journalism Lab
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research and best practices for newspaper industry executives. Founded in 1946, API is located in Arlington, Va., at the
headquarters of the Newspaper Association of America. The API and NAA Foundation boards voted to merge the NAA Foundation
into API in early 2012. The merger was finalized on February 6, 2012, and the new organization retains the API name.
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