Mediagazer: Ken Layne gave up blogging and founded Desert Oracle, a quarterly print magazine where he is the writer, editor, designer, ad salesman, and more (Deborah Netburn/Los Angeles Times)

7:00 PM ET, May 31, 2015

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Deborah Netburn / Los Angeles Times:

Ken Layne gave up blogging and founded Desert Oracle, a quarterly print magazine where he is the writer, editor, designer, ad salesman, and more — Writer chucks political blog to cover, in print only, weird and wild of the desert — Ken Layne is driving past Wonder Valley …

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Tyler Falk / Current.org:

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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:

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John Koblin / New York Times:

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Alan Rusbridger / Guardian:

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Chris Lee / Ars Technica:

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