A good story on my newspaper’s demise

More in-depth, and with more nuance than The (MUST be capitalized) Dallas Morning News story, Brett Shipp of WFAA lets you know just what a community newspaper does and what it means.

Thanks, Brett.

And, he’s right about what a community newspaper does.

The small daily paper in the south Dallas suburbs, Focus Daily News? Doesn’t do obits. Or birth announcements. Or weddings. Or anniversaries. Or engagements.

And, I highly doubt owner Marlon Hanson will change that plan.

His primary purpose for his paper is, as a daily newspaper, to base his revenue on national advertising inserts.

So, if you want any of that “lifestyles” stuff, Best Southwest, and in the old-fashioned way of actually appearing in a newspaper, guess what? You have to pay Dallas Morning News rates for it.