• Orlando Sentinel, Monday, August 15, 2011 2:45 PM

Among the seeming-near-deluge of editors writing "Dear Reader" letters -- usually to announce a paywall -- comes this honest effort from the Orlando Sentinel's Mark Russell.

He announces "that the move to cut [some national and world] news pages was driven by our need to reduce expenses." Still, he promises readers a renewed commitment to "local-watchdog, explanatory and community journalism."

As Jim Romenesko points out, though, the Sentinel's move is ironically opposite that of its sister paper: "The Tribune-owned paper is reducing news pages two months after the Chicago Tribune announced that it's adding 40 more news pages a week and said its news hole is larger than it was five years ago."

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