As the stumbling economy cuts deeply into revenues, news organizations are redefining what it means to compete. Papers around the country have tried to mitigate their staff cuts by forging
partnerships with former rivals.
For instance, The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram started sharing photos in November. All three major daily
newspapers in South Florida formed a loose news partnership, while five papers in Maine and eight in Ohio are sharing content they gather and produce.
In doing so, readers could lose
another voice, and journalists their competitive drive. But cooperation is a necessary compromise. Says Gary Wortel, publisher of the Fort Worth paper. "I don't look at other papers as competitors
anymore. Our competition is with media fragmentation around the country and internationally."
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