A tale for our troubled times. Of Write ‘em Cowboy, Jack Of Diamonds and King Canute calling for a towel…
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First things first. I know very little about Denver.
Never been.
I do, however, know that it used to have two daily newspapers.
Now it has only one. The Denver Post. 'The Rocky' went to meet its maker a few months back.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_11791798
Left as the only show in town, the Post's owners - MediaNews Group - this week announced that they would start to build a pay-walled garden around their content...
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/54-newspapers-to-charge-for-content/
By pure chance our old friend in Philly - Brian P Tierney - announced that his own, UK tax-payer supported outfit would be doing the same before the turn of the year...
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/54-newspapers-to-charge-for-content/
The fact that ...