Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation

Daniel Billings billings@suscom-maine.net
Mon Dec 6 00:05:50 EST 2004


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From: "Mark Laurence" <mlaurence@mindspring.com>
To: "Daniel Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>
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Subject: Re: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation


> If the JOA fell apart, the Blethens would be the winners.  Their Seattle 
> Times is the dominant paper in town, and without a JOA the Post 
> Intelligencer would be gone in a year or two.  Blethen has been battling 
> the agreement since 2003.  The P-I is about as attractive a media property 
> as WBIX.

But would it be differently if it was combined with a TV station in town?




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