http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/ News, politics and the media in the River City Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89503 PeoriaGuy Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:36:04 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89503 Didn't there used to be laws against one company owning all the newspapers in a city??? Didn't there used to be laws against one company owning all the newspapers in a city???

]]> http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89491 Peo Proud Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:51:06 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89491 Other than an occassional good article from Dwayne that addresses  an issue not seen elsewhere (or a different angle)....what does the Observer offer the reader that they can't get anywhere else?   In my experience, not much....maybe cheaper ad rates for my yard sale advertisement.  If the damn thing weren't thrown on my driveway for free, I'd never buy or read it. Other than an occassional good article from Dwayne that addresses  an issue not seen elsewhere (or a different angle)….what does the Observer offer the reader that they can't get anywhere else?   In my experience, not much….maybe cheaper ad rates for my yard sale advertisement.  If the damn thing weren't thrown on my driveway for free, I'd never buy or read it.

]]> http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89489 Billy Dennis Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:36:46 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89489 Anonymous: Yes. And in the interest of full disclosure, I should have mentioned it, as I have several times in other posts mentioning TimesNewspapers. Anonymous: Yes. And in the interest of full disclosure, I should have mentioned it, as I have several times in other posts mentioning TimesNewspapers.

]]> http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89487 anonymous Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:31:57 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89487 Weren't you fired from there? Weren’t you fired from there?

]]> http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89484 Debbie Adlof Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:22:21 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89484 Hi Bill! Thanks for pointing out that The Community Word is still an independent newspaper! I appreciate it.  But, for some reason, when I click on the paper's link in your article, the paper doesn't pop up. Can you check it out? Thanks again!   Hi Bill! Thanks for pointing out that The Community Word is still an independent newspaper! I appreciate it.  But, for some reason, when I click on the paper's link in your article, the paper doesn't pop up. Can you check it out? Thanks again!  

]]> http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89480 Jeep2000 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:17:01 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/28/gatehouse-buys-up-peoria-area-weeklies-eliminating-the-competition/#comment-89480 I will be watching with a wary eye, having worked at three Central Illinois papers pre-GateHouse.Washington currently has another non-GateHouse paper, the Washington Courier. I will be watching with a wary eye, having worked at three Central Illinois papers pre-GateHouse.Washington currently has another non-GateHouse paper, the Washington Courier.

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