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Started 8 months ago by Walker
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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The news is breaking via twitter & facebook. Haven't seen the official word yet, but it sounds like all local news outlets owned by CM Media will be under the Dispatch umbrella.

Can anyone confirm?

Posted 8 months ago #
Walker
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groundrules said:
Peace out, indepenent weeklies...

dispatch finished gobbling 'em up.

http://www.donewaiting.com/2011/09/27/breaking-columbus-dispatch-buys-all-local-acn-publications/

Posted 8 months ago #
myliftkk
Columbus, OH
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I'd expect that offer for CU to come in the mail any day now Walker ;)

Posted 8 months ago #
Walker
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http://twitter.com/GABESPIEGEL/status/118770195476123650

Posted 8 months ago #
Rockmastermike
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myliftkk said:
I'd expect that offer for CU to come in the mail any day now Walker ;)

The dump truck full of cash is probably on the way to his house right now

Posted 8 months ago #
joev
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Wow - Who don't they own now? Seriously - CU, Outlook, NBC4, Clear Channel radio.... anyone else? This is a really sad day for original, quality content free of a publisher's blatant agenda.

Posted 8 months ago #
groundrules

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joev said:
Wow - Who don't they own now?

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Rockmastermike
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joev said:
Wow - Who don't they own now? Seriously - CU, Outlook, NBC4, Clear Channel radio.... anyone else? This is a really sad day for original, quality content free of a publisher's blatant agenda.

pretty sure they own WBNS, not NBC4. but your point stands.

Posted 8 months ago #
joev
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Rockmastermike said:
pretty sure they own WBNS, not NBC4. but your point stands.

Yeah, the list was media they don't own. Because the other list is WAY longer now.

Posted 8 months ago #
Pablo
Crestview Addition
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Who's going to make fun of the Dispatch now?

Posted 8 months ago #
Anne
King Lincoln
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joev said:
Wow - Who don't they own now? Seriously - CU, Outlook, NBC4, Clear Channel radio.... anyone else? This is a really sad day for original, quality content free of a publisher's blatant agenda.

Business First

Posted 8 months ago #
joev
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@fake_dispatch

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Rockmastermike
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joev said:
Yeah, the list was media they don't own. Because the other list is WAY longer now.

oh. gotcha. my mistake. :)

Posted 8 months ago #
radiorandy
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The Alternative Station 102.5 FM

Posted 8 months ago #
groundrules

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let's start the betting pool now- how long until they kill off The Other Paper?

Posted 8 months ago #
ssines
Westerville, OH
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Based on the way the Dispatch Publishing Group integrated publications like Columbus Alive I'm not so sure this is a doom and gloom portent. Why buy products just to squash their identity? It's about building the overall media brand and expanding potential print readership/advertising in an Internet-centric age I'd bet.

Posted 8 months ago #
Twixlen
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groundrules said:
let's start the betting pool now- how long until they kill off The Other Paper?

Dude, it's probably already been killed. Well - I take that back. Maybe not fully killed, more of a solid kneecapping.

Posted 8 months ago #
0Angle
A brewery or my kitchen or my bicycle.
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What'll they do with Petric? Can they fire him twice?

Posted 8 months ago #
desecration
Harrison West
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Rockmastermike said:
The dump truck full of cash is probably on the way to his house right now

Then please let them know to reroute their stop to 1200 N. High St.
Thanks! :P

Posted 8 months ago #
Twixlen
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ssines said:
Based on the way the Dispatch Publishing Group integrated publications like Columbus Alive I'm not so sure this is a doom and gloom portent. Why buy products just to squash their identity? It's about building the overall media brand and expanding potential print readership/advertising in an Internet-centric age I'd bet.

Except that TOP was the only counterpoint to expose - in print form, with some level of legitimacy and respect - where conflicts within the Dispatch and what they cover lie. Without them - there's Walker. And well. Plunderbund, but since Walker covers the gamut...

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