Re: Guy Gannett Sale

["TERRY M WOOD" <TERRY_WOOD@prodigy.net>]

And the Star hasn't been the same since it was sold to the Dover News!

I too would welcome the idea of NYT buying the Portland Newspapers.
I remember when they were an apologist for the incompetent republican
congressmen and One incompetent Senator, who was soundly defeated by the
Democrat Ed Muskie.

Terry
- -----Original Message-----
From: Dib9 <Dib9@aol.com>
To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>; wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu
<wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Guy Gannett Sale


>In a message dated 98-04-01 12:59:45 EST, Garrett wrote:
>
><< Thankfully, those same rules ensure that the newspapers cannot be sold
> to McNewspaper.
>
> -GAWollman >>
>
>If you read the Portland Press Herald regurlarly, you would see that it is
not
>much better than USA Today.  Longer articles, but still all fluff.
>
>The article in today's Press Herald quoted one analyst who speculated that
>Gannett might spin off WCSH-TV so they could buy the Portland Newspapers.
>
>Another company mentioned as possible buyer for the Portland Newspapers was
>the New York Times.  While I don't agree with their editorial point of
view,
>from their track record in New York and Boston,  it would seem more than
>likely that they would make major improvements to the Portland paper.  I
think
>at one time the New York Times owned the weekly York County Coast Star in
>Maine.
>
>Dan Billings
>Bowdoinham, Maine

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