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Around the Web: Metro dailies take on startups in San Diego
You may have the only newspaper in the county, but don't just assume that you can never end up with competition because of the cost involved in starting another newspaper. For a look -- and admittedly, a scary look -- at what may be the future of the news business, see the article above. Two years ago, nobody would have dreamed that the scenario in this article could have played out in San Diego. But it is, and in other cities, too. And in the not-too-distant future, we'll see more media start-ups like this in Texas.
About the author
Tommy Thomason is the founding director of the Texas Center for Community Journalism. Thomason began his career in journalism in the early 1970s with the Associated Press, working as a sportswriter in Arkadelphia and Little Rock, Ark. He has also worked in public relations in Dallas and as a...
