Wasn't the idea all along to use the same material in all of their papers? On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 11:56:42AM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > For many years this NYC "alternative" weekly newspaper was a place where > bright young reporters and arts critics got their start. Now that it has > been gobbled up by a national syndicate of such papers, they evidently plan > to cut heads through consolidation. I usually look in on the Los Angeles > Weekly for a minute or two every Thursday when it comes out, since it is a > fairly important left-liberal venue. When I read a review of Clint > Eastwood's new film on Iwo Jima, it sounded quite familiar. It turns out > that the review ran in the Village Voice yesterday as well: > > http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0642,foundas,74758,20.html > > http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film/print-the-legend/14815/ > > This looks like the "USA Today" model applied to the counter-culture, such > as it is. > > -- > > www.marxmail.org
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