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The Economic Woes of Alternative Media

Listen Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 1:06 p.m. in Arts & Culture, DC, Economy, History, Leisure & Lifestyle, Maryland, Media, Politics, Virginia

Alternative newspapers have long been on the economic endangered species list. But survival stories are getting harder to come by -- just this week, the nation's oldest gay newspaper closed up shop in Washington, D.C. We explore what alternative media will need to do to weather today's economic storm and what communities will lose if these outlets go extinct.

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Guests

Mark Jurkowitz

Associate Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism; former ombudsman of The Boston Globe.

Kevin Naff

Editor, The D.C. Agenda; Former Editor, Washington Blade

Richard Karpel

Executive Director, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies

Erik Wemple

Editor, "Washington City Paper"

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