[Nfb-kzoo] Newsline in Kalamazoo

[J.J. Meddaugh]

That's a good point. My guess would be if the paper were to cease printing, 
they would go to an online edition. This happened in Ann arbor at 
annarbor.com.
But that's a very valid point with any new paper.


J.J. Meddaugh - ATGuys.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacalyn Paulding" <jacalynpaulding at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List" <nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-kzoo] Newsline in Kalamazoo


> Crazy you are but that is completely irrelevant to the newsline issue.  I
> think it sounds like a great idea.  Now we just need to find the mula.  on 
> a
> side thought, does anyone know what kind of financial health the Kalamazoo
> Gazette has?  I know they have stopped printing on Thursdays I think it is
> due to budget cuts.  My concern would be that we would find the money and
> then the newspaper disappears. Just a thought.
>
> Jackie Paulding
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:46 PM, J.J. Meddaugh <jj at bestmidi.com> wrote:
>
>> I did some checking, and it is apparently $10,000 to get a new newspaper
>> added to the NFB Newsline system plus $5,000 annually to maintain it.
>> Before everyone screams at this, we do have several very philanthropic
>> foundations in Kalamazoo which may jump on a project like this. We would
>> need to determine if we could obtain startup funding and how the annual
>> funding would be paid for. But this would be a great asset for our city 
>> plus
>> a great promotional tool for the MCB students and others in the 
>> community.
>> The recent online and Email services have made Newsline a much more 
>> relevant
>> service, IMHO.
>> Or am I just crazy?
>>
>>
>>
>> J.J. Meddaugh - ATGuys.com
>> A premier Licensed Code Factory and KNFB Reader distributor
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