Mediagazer: Consolidation among newspaper publishers allows newspapers to buy time by eliminating redundancies and shrinking staff, but the next recession could sink them (Kevin Anderson/What's New in Publishing)

1:25 PM ET, June 13, 2019

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Kevin Anderson / What's New in Publishing:

Consolidation among newspaper publishers allows newspapers to buy time by eliminating redundancies and shrinking staff, but the next recession could sink them — Years ago, just as the rumours of Microsoft buying Nokia were hotting up, I was speaking at a conference with media futurist Robert Tercek.

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