Daily Newspaper's Death Leaves Ann Arbor at a Loss
Columbus Dispatch, August 24, 2009
By Joe Hallett
Across Ann Arbor, a city of 114,000, residents are coming to grips with the loss of their venerable daily newspaper, replaced by a Web version. Ann Arbor -- with its powerhouse university, world-class medical center, well-educated populace and an economy the envy of a down-and-out state - seems an unlikely destination for the ink-stained Grim Reaper.
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