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ProJo: We Feel Your Pain

The Providence Journal reported yesterday (on its news blog that Belo Corporation, parent company of ProJo and such closely related companies as Texas Cable News, KONG-TV Seattle, and The Dallas Morning News, saw its first quarter profits decline compared to 1Q06.

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Texas Hold ’em, Fold ’em, and Run

Providence Journal Casino
The Emperor's New Clothes: Journal building's envisioned signage. Photos| Frank Mullin

The ProJo buried their pompously titled “Editorial mysteries” at the bottom of the page in the middle of the last section (Page 80 of 84) of the least-read daily edition, of Saturday 11 November. The article—which the Phoenix had to shame them into running (three days earlier pointing to the not-so-cleverly concealed online version) fails to answer an important question: Why, after a lengthy history of often vociferous opposition to gambling, did the Paper of Record take a tire-squealing 180 in support of the Harrah’s Narragansett Indian Casino?

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