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The Expanding News Desert
Penelope Muse Abernathy, Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics
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The Expanding News Desert
The Loss of Local News: What It Means for Communities
The Loss of Newspapers and Readers
The Rise of the Ghost Newspaper
Bigger and Bigger They Grow
Filling the Local News Void
The Challenges and Opportunities That Remain
The Enduring Legacy of Our New Media Barons
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