A new idea for newspaper ownership -- tap the reader co-op

Boston University journalism professor Chris Daly, an MGP2006 alum, has done some number crunching and is proposing that the nation's premier newspapers -- under seige from some investors -- essentially reform themselves as cooperatives -- with investment from member/readers.  Daly's idea -- the newspaper as co-op -- is one form of ownership that has not been tried, but is increasingly posed as something worth trying. Read his post.   On May 28, Roy Greenslade of The Guardian of London, picks upon and expands Daly's idea.

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[Ryan Lanham]

Good idea...sounds familiar...

http://ryanlanham.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/big-idea-purchasing-public-service-businesses-with-foundations/