Om Malik on the importance of keeping the local newspaper around. John Henry bought the Boston Globe. Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post. Will the risk associated with billionaires owning a prominent local voice be balanced by the value of keeping those voices around?
The importance of a local paper
It’s not just local papers people need to stay informed about local issues the big media companies don’t care about. It’s also radio. Many of us are going to be relying a lot more on radio as blackout-inducing storms increase in frequency in the coming years.