WNED: Changing Times Meet the Press: Part Three (2009-04-01)

CHANGING TIMES: Meet The Press

Changing Times Meet the Press: Part Three

Mark Leitner (2009-04-01)

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BUFFALO (wned) - Just as nature abhors a vacuum, so, too, it seems, does print journalism. When coverage of a subject is thought by some to be lacking, publications often rush to fill the void, so-called niche publications.

Case in point: The Bee Group newspapers, weeklies that focus entirely on news and information in Buffalo's suburban communities, certainly fit the definition. So does Business First, a weekly devoted exclusively to local business issues.

The Bee is free; Business First is not.

In part three of his series, "Changing Times Meet the Press, WNED's Mark Leitner explores how these two niche papers not only survive, but manage to thrive even in tight economic times.

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