From Red Hampshire:
The Union Leader posts a web banner this morning announcing that they will publish their three influential political columns, John DiStaso’s “Granite Status”, Scott Brooks’ “City Hall”, and Tom Fahey’s “Under the State House Dome” only in their print edition from now on. Political junkies will no longer be able to read the must-read columns online Thursday and Sunday mornings...The ongoing battle between new and old media continues to have casualties and now my neighbor to the north has joined in the fight.
Taking its most valuable content offline is a risky move for New Hampshire’s largest and most influential newspaper. By walling off its political coverage from the Internet, the Union Leader risks becoming irrelevant in the modern political climate. The influence of a political column isn’t just on those who read it regularly. It is from sharing and spreading that information far and wide in order to set the convention wisdom within the political world.
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