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Hope for local newspapers: Nonprofit Buys 22 newspapers in Maine

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Katie Robertson. “Nonprofit Buys 22 Newspapers in Maine; The National Trust for Local News will take over five of the six daily papers in the state and 17 weeklies.,” New York Times, July 11, 2023.

There is hope that independent local newspapers may be saved from the predations of vilture capitalism, with local control being maintained.

By James Rowles

James Rowles is a writer, teacher, international lawyer, and international development expert.

He is particularly interested in the Epistemology of Truth, and how mass propaganda, social media, and other phenomena shape the nature of consciousness and the ascertainment of facts in the world today.

James holds an undergraduate degree in History (Modern Europe) and law degrees from Stanford University, and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) in International Law from Harvard Law School, where he has also taught as a Lecturer on Law.

James is a polyglot, who speaks fluent French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish, and also knows other languages. His regular if not daily reading includes U.S. newspapers, the Guardian, die Welt, Le Monde, El País, and Veja.

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