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Saving Newspapers: The Musical

I wish we had the time, energy, and photogenic qualities to do stuff like this:

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The East Bay Express in Oakland is one of my favorite alt-weeklies; it's really well written and they do stuff like run Sarah Palin songwriting contests. A few years ago, editor Stephen Buel managed to actually buy back his paper from former corporate overlord Village Voice Media. (Plus, back when I was living there, he let me write up some winners in their "Best of the East Bay" poll, though I was by no means an expert on local culture.) 

The video is great fun, and the answer to the newspaper industry's woes is not surprising.

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