Los Angeles Times
Scott Martelle says it's been a godsend for the Daily Sound, an upstart Santa Barbara paper; the Independent, an alt-weekly that's ramped up its online delivery with updates of local news; and for some local bloggers. "But the cost has been high," he writes. "In a small city, the local newspaper serves as the surrogate town square, where events are reported, analyzed and debated."
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Yewell says the gravest threat to newspaper business is McCaw (MCH)
