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Article: HIGH NOON FOR THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS

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January 28, 2009
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CAN BRAD ROBERTSON SAVE VERMONT'S LARGEST DAILY?

The Burlington Free Press is in the news business, but its not giving readers an indepth analysis of its own story.

Vermont's largest daily, which is owned by Virginia-based Gannett Corp., has made some big changes - partly in response to the weak economy, partly in response to the habits of a diminishing pool of readers. Over the past year, the paper has thinned. Classified ads no longer appear daily. Last week, the Free Press announced that it s collapsing the paper into two sections on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Freeps has also changed the way it presents local, national and international news, !here's a new news summary on the ...

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