OT: Dallas Morning News to be sold!

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OT: Dallas Morning News to be sold!

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Actually, it's the DMN's parent company, Belo, that's being sold.

I wonder what effect this will have (eventually, not immediately) on SMU coverage.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/bus ... t/2418219/
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Buy it and force SMU pride down their throats!
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Actually, DMN was sold some time ago and is not part of Belo anymore.
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PK wrote:Actually, DMN was sold some time ago and is not part of Belo anymore.
Other than that the title of the thread is completely accurate though.
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It'll be interesting to see what changes there might be in the coverage of SMU (and other local teams) by the Channel 8 sports desk - more or less? more or less favorable? after this purchase.

http://www.belo.com/companies

http://www.stationindex.com/tv/by-owner/Gannett
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Hold on, can it be any worse? Maybe the Mustang Club could sponsor a page or 1/2 a page (costs should not be too high these days) for SMU news at least once a week. Let Journalism majors write the copy. Call it the Pony Express!
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AusTxPony wrote:Hold on, can it be any worse? Maybe the Mustang Club could sponsor a page or 1/2 a page (costs should not be too high these days) for SMU news at least once a week. Let Journalism majors write the copy. Call it the Pony Express!
Or ponyfans.com could sponsor it and call it The Pony Depress! :lol:
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