Mediagazer: 2 Long Island Weeklies Wonder About Spike in Sales (Peter Applebome/New York Times)

3:10 PM ET, September 30, 2011

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Peter Applebome / New York Times:

2 Long Island Weeklies Wonder About Spike in Sales — It is possible there is some larger lesson for ailing newspaper sales in the sudden good fortune of The Suffolk Times and The Riverhead News-Review, two modest Long Island weeklies that saw an unprecedented sales spike last week …

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Tom Kington / Guardian:

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Paul Vale / The Huffington Post - UK:

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Adam Penenberg / Fast Company:

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Steve Fishman / New York Magazine:

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:

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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

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Alex Sherman / Business Week:

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