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davisshaver I don't think the Thunderdome model was a bad idea, though I do think there were mistakes in its design that could have been avoided, but that's easy to say in hindsight. I think the core issue is that the current economic culture will always turn news conglomeration predatory
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davisshaver I think that the inherent problems of media conglomeration is only magnified when it attempts to exert central control over a network of local news orgs, it creates unneeded management layers and is unable to make the very different low level decisions needed by different markets
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davisshaver That is the primary way Iook at these operations and make the call if they're worth my vocal support or not. It's why I stayed far away from Patch back when it was the coolest kid.