Does the Tribs Demise Help the Republic?
The Business Journal has a good story on how the closure of the Tribune might affect the Republic. The East Valley Tribune’s demise leaves The Arizona Republic as the sole daily newspaper in the 12th-largest U.S. media market. But media and advertising experts don’t see the Gannett Inc.-owned Republic gaining on the advertising side of the equation because of the Tribune’s closure at the end of the year. So if you are looking for a comment on the demise of the Trib and its effect on the Republic, who would be a good person to call…one guess. Greg Patterson, EspressoPundit.com blogger and a frequent critic of the Republic, said the Republic should heed the Tribune’s death. “The Trib’s closure is important to the Republic because both papers were on the same path; the Tribune is simply further along,” Patterson said. “The Republic doesn’t have a viable business model, either.
