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October 30, 2006
When big employer leaves small town -- McMinnville, Tenn.
NY Times: American Album: As the Jobs Go South, the Hope Goes With Them -- Left behind in McMinnville, Tenn., are thousands of people who once had a piece of the American middle class, including Don Rackley.
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Low TV ratings for Cardinals in World Series
WSJ: Baseball Shrugs Off Low Playoff Ratings -- Baseball is shrugging off its lack of postseason punch, including the lowest-ever TV ratings for the World Series, because so many other parts of its business are thriving. I'm used to this when the Cardinals are in the World Series.
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Newspaper circulation continues to fall
NY Times: Circulation Plunges at Major Newspapers -- The decline, one of the steepest on record, adds to the woes of a mature industry beset by layoffs and the possible sale of some of its flagships and Washington Post: Daily Circulation Falls at U.S. Papers -- NEW YORK -- Circulation declines accelerated at major U.S. newspapers for the six-month period ending in September, according to figures released Monday, in the latest sign of struggle for an industry that is continually grappling with changing reader habits..
But there was some good news -- Lost Remote: Paper sites set traffic records in September -- A Nielsen-Netratings report compiled for the Newspaper Association of America found that traffic to newspaper sites grew 24 percent in the third quarter over the same time last year. And September was a record month. The NAA says the traffic boost is due to new features like video, podcasts and user-created content.
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