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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Main Street America

You've heard all about the demise of newspapers. But what about community newspapers, those weeklies, twice-weeklies and three-times-a-week papers that report on local news?

This just in from the National Newspaper Association: Readership of community newspapers has increased slightly — from 81 percent in 2005 to 83 percent in 2007.

"We know community newspapers have a different story to tell than some of the big dailies," says Steve Haynes, president of NNA and of Haynes Publishing Co. in Kansas.

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(Photo of Tracy Press intern Evan Gong)