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Unlike the auto industry, newspapers can make a comeback

Alan Mutter (the same person who’s pitching an industry-owned ad venture) has an interesting analysis of newspapers’ cost structure on his blog, Reflections of a Newsosaur, and points out that changing that cost structure could be the key to the industry’s comeback. Mutter is advocating a hybrid printed product that involves targeted, niche products combined with innovative online products. His plan is certainly easier to implement for small, community newspapers.

By Andrew Chavez

Andrew Chavez is a Web specialist at the Dallas Morning News. Before joining the News, he worked at the Austin American-Statesman and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.